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State v. Westmoreland

Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Feb 8, 2017
898 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa Ct. App. 2017)

Summary

concluding an expert "testified to her general practices when interviewing child victims and the process by which children delay in reporting information about their abuse" and "did not attempt to improperly link [the child's] behavior to behaviors observed in known sex abuse victims"

Summary of this case from Simpson v. State

Opinion

No. 15-1951

02-08-2017

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley Adam WESTMORELAND, Defendant-Appellant.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Mary K. Conroy, Assistant State Appellate Defender for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Kelli A. Huser, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State.


DECISION WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINION

Affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Westmoreland

Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Feb 8, 2017
898 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa Ct. App. 2017)

concluding an expert "testified to her general practices when interviewing child victims and the process by which children delay in reporting information about their abuse" and "did not attempt to improperly link [the child's] behavior to behaviors observed in known sex abuse victims"

Summary of this case from Simpson v. State
Case details for

State v. Westmoreland

Case Details

Full title:STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley Adam WESTMORELAND…

Court:Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Date published: Feb 8, 2017

Citations

898 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa Ct. App. 2017)

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