Miscellaneous

So, four new opinions from The Supremes today. I was getting disappointed until I read the last one, but we’ll get to that.

Holstein Electric v. Breyfogle - An injury to a wrist should be compensated as an injury to the arm, rather than one to the hand.

In re the Marriage of Briddle - Can’t we all just get along. It appears that the District Court took revenge on the husband in this case for being difficult during the discovery process. Not really a seminal case, in my opinion.

State of Iowa v. McKinney- District Court ordered Bremer County to pay material witness fees to someone held as a material witness to testify at his father’s accused killer. Supremes say the State should pay those, not the County.

And now, for your, um, pleasure (or Mr. Isaac’s):

State v. Isaacs- Mr. Isaacs was convicted of indecent exposure for masturbating outside the bedroom windows of two different women. The women heard noises outside, but never looked to see what they were. There was some knocking on one window and something rubbed against the screen of the other. One of the women called the police, but they didn’t find anything at her house. As one officer was leaving, he saw Isaacs standing at the other woman’s window. The officer yelled, Isaacs turned around, exposing himself to the officer, and took off running. The officer tackled the man, turned him over, placed Isaascs parts back in his pants and arrested him.

Isaacs was convicted of one count of interference with official acts, two counts of harassment and one count of indecent exposure. He appealed the indecent exposure conviction. The Supremes say he’s right. To be convicted of indecent exposure, a person must expose his genitals to another to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either party. While Isaacs certainly had exposed himself to satisfy his own sexual desires, no other person actually saw his genitals until the officer yelled. Since Isaacs only inadvertently exposed himself to the officer when he turned and ran, it was not for the purpose of arousing or satisfying either of their respective sexual desires.

Thanks Justice Ternus. Fun stuff. Have a good weekend.

By the way, I almost referred to Isaacs as a seminal case, but chose not to. You can thank me later.