State of Iowa
v.
Darriel Marcell Dean
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Darriel Marcell Dean
Attorney for the Appellee
Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Rachel C. Regenold, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Henry County, John Wright, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Greer, J., and Potterfield, S.J. Opinion by Potterfield, S.J. (16 pages)
Darriel Dean appeals his convictions for child endangerment resulting in serious injury and child endangerment. He challenges (1) the district court’s decision that five-year-old K.D. was competent to testify, (2) the sufficiency of the evidence to support each of his convictions, (3) and the district court’s denial of his motion for new trial based on the weight of the evidence. OPINION HOLDS: The district court did not abuse its discretion in finding the five-year-old witness competent to testify or in denying Dean’s motion for new trial. And substantial evidence supports both of Dean’s convictions. So, we affirm.
