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State of Iowa
v.
Keyshaun Vaughn Jones
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Keyshaun Vaughn Jones
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Nan Jennisch, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Scott D. Rosenberg, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Mullins and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (10 pages)
Keyshaun Jones appeals his conviction for perjury, asserting the district court erred in admitting hearsay evidence and his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to impermissible vouching testimony from a police witness. OPINION HOLDS: Because the evidence fits the hearsay exception for statements against interest, the court did not err. We also find the disputed testimony was permissible because it did not vouch for a witness at trial and did not comment on credibility. Rather, it described how Jones’s deposition testimony contradicted facts from the police investigation and Jones’s previous statements to police. Thus, we affirm.
