State of Iowa
v.
Tenko Julius Wilde
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Tenko Julius Wilde
Attorney for the Appellee
Sheryl Soich, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stuart Hoover
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Joel Dalrymple, Judge. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. Heard by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (21 pages)
Tenko Wilde appeals his convictions for continuous sexual abuse of a child, indecent contact with a child, and four counts of second-degree sexual abuse. He contends there was insufficient evidence for five of his six convictions. He also argues the district court abused its discretion in allowing the state to admit bad-acts evidence for identity, motive, and intent purposes. And he claims the court erred in relying on inadmissible hearsay testimony from two witnesses. OPINION HOLDS: Because there is substantial evidence in the record for each count, we find sufficient evidence for Wilde’s convictions. We agree that the bad-acts evidence was inadmissible but find the error harmless. We also agree that the hearsay testimony was inadmissible. We find this error prejudicial as to one of Wilde’s second-degree sexual-abuse counts and reverse and remand for a potential new trial for that count.
