State of Iowa
v.
Tevontaye Emmannuel Elliott
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Tevontaye Emmannuel Elliott
Attorney for the Appellee
Aaron Rogers, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Danielle A. Dunne
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Tom Reidel, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (21 pages)
Tevontaye Elliott appeals his convictions and sentences following a jury trial on third-degree sexual abuse, indecent exposure, and sexual exploitation of a minor. Elliott challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on his sexual-abuse and indecent-exposure convictions, and he disputes the district court’s admission of a Cellebrite extraction report into evidence. He also alleges the district court erred in sentencing him to prison and ordering the sentences to run consecutive to a separate sentence he received for contempt. OPINION HOLDS: Because Elliott’s admissions to committing sex acts with M.R. were corroborated by other evidence and the indecent-exposure victim’s testimony could lead a reasonable jury to conclude she was offended, sufficient evidence existed to support the jury’s guilty verdicts. Because the district court reasonably interpreted its own prior discovery order, the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the Cellebrite extraction report into evidence. And because the district court did not abuse its discretion at sentencing, we uphold the sentences imposed by the district court.
