Assault with intent to commit sexual abuse
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Gerald Anthony Lyman Moothart (2015)
Most recently applied in United States v. Christian Carrillo Topete (September 2024)
2013 Acts, ch 90, §229
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Any person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, with the intent to commit sexual abuse:
1. Is guilty of a class “C” felony if the person thereby causes serious injury to any person.
2. Is guilty of a class “D” felony if the person thereby causes any person a bodily injury other than a serious injury.
3. Is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if no injury results.
[81 Acts, ch 204, §6]
Serious injury, §702.18
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.