Sean Ryan Sheets
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Sean Ryan Sheets
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Shellie L. Knipfer, Assistant Appellate Defender
Attorney for the Appellee
Katherine Wenman, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cedar County, Stuart P. Werling, Judge. CONVICTIONS AFFIRMED; SENTENCES VACATED AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING. Considered by Ahlers, P.J., Chicchelly, J., and Bower, S.J. Opinion by Bower, S.J. (9 pages)
Sean Sheets challenges the district court’s admission of evidence of prior instances of abuse committed against the same children in a different county and the court’s failure to recognize it had discretion to consider risk assessment information in his presentence investigation report. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm Sheets’s convictions, vacate his sentences, and remand for resentencing.
