DES MOINES – A teen from Chickasaw county lost his appeal in court last week after being convicted of sexual abuse in the second degree and indecent exposure.
According to court records, a 14-year-old boy from Chickasaw county who name was redacted from the records and named only as “C.R.” appealed his conviction, claiming the court erred in adjudicating him delinquent for indecent exposure because the State failed to prove the fourteen-year-old female victim was offended.
The court upheld the conviction, due to a preponderance of the evidence.
Court records show that on the night of March 15, 2013, C.R. and several other children were riding in a vehicle driven by C.R.’s aunt. They were returning home from a school carnival. C.R., then age fourteen, was sitting in the right rear passenger seat of the vehicle. Also in the rear seat were the victims D.C. and C.S., then age fourteen and eight, respectively. D.C. was sitting in the left rear passenger seat and C.S. was sitting in the middle, next to C.R. At some point during the trip C.R. unzipped his pants and exposed his penis, which was witnessed by D.C. She turned away and looked out the window. C.R. proceeded to cover his crotch area with a hat, and then pulled C.S.’s hand under the hat and onto his penis. Neither victim immediately reported the incident to the driver of the vehicle. After being dropped off at her home, D.C. told her mother about C.R.’s actions in the car.
After a hearing, a juvenile court placed C.R. on probation for committing sexual abuse in the second degree and indecent exposure.
The victim testified in court that C.R. had earlier threatened to beat her up and that he had earlier threatened to beat up her little brother if she reported seeing him smoking. She also testified that when she saw C.R.’s penis, she turned and looked out her car window. She also testified she was “kind of a little bit scared.”
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