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Case No. 21-1338

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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:
21-1338
Date Published:
Feb 08, 2023
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.

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