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State of Iowa
v.
Darlin Lenin Veliz Acosta
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Darlin Lenin Veliz Acosta
Attorney for the Appellee
Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Elena M. Greenberg
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert B. Hanson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Schumacher, J., and Mahan, S.J. Opinion by Mahan, S.J. (10 pages)
Darlin Veliz Acosta appeals his convictions of sexual abuse in the second degree and lascivious acts with a child, raising claims with regard to the admission of electronic messages and defense counsel’s failure to object to statements by the prosecutor during closing argument. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm Acosta’s convictions of sexual abuse in the second degree and lascivious acts with a child.
