STATE v. SEEVANHSA

No. 91-1105.

495 N.W.2d 354 (1992)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Chareun SEEVANHSA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Kevin Cmelik, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Roxann M. Ryan, Deputy Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Mullin, County Atty., and Carol Chase, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and SCHLEGEL and SACKETT, JJ., but decided en banc.


OXBERGER, Chief Justice.

Chareun Seevanhsa appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of incest in violation of Iowa Code section 726.2 (1987). He contends the district court erred in: (1) admitting expert testimony concerning the child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome, and (2) admitting testimony of prior sexual acts.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

The State charged Seevanhsa with three counts of third-degree sexual abuse and one count...

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