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Roger Craig Kissel
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Roger Craig Kissel
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Daniel M. Northfield
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Fremont County, Greg W. Steensland, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Greer and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (4 pages)
Following his conviction for one count of second-degree sexual abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child, Roger Kissel argues his trial attorney was ineffective in failing to (1) “properly investigate [his] medical condition”; (2) “properly interview witnesses”; and (3) show him “[a] full and complete video” of the child’s forensic interview. OPINION HOLDS: We hold the evidence amounted to overwhelming evidence of guilt, rendering it reasonably improbable that counsel’s claimed failures would have changed the outcome.
