Court Upholds Former Attorneys Sex Offender Registry Conviction

 Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Charles City man who failed to register as a sex offender after being found guilty of fondling a teen boy in 2011.



Douglas Kent Lindaman former attorney and magistrate, defended his sex offender registry that he wasn’t required to register with authorities because he had posted an appeal bond following the guilty verdict on charges of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse in the summer of 2018.


He also tried to argue that his conviction was set aside while his appeal was pending, and he unsuccessfully tried to put those theories before the jury in his failure to register trial.


But in an opinion handed down , the Iowa Court of Appeals sided with the state and ruled Lindaman was properly barred from espousing his misinterpretation of the law to the jury.


According to court records, an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent and a Floyd County sheriff’s deputy approached Lindaman at his home following the 2018 verdict and explained the sex offender registry requirements. Lindaman allegedly said he would go to the sheriff’s office to register but then never appeared.


Lindaman also appealed because the trial judge hadn’t allowed him to submit a 60-question sexual bias survey to potential jurors.Court of Appeals ruled Lindaman had other ways to explore possible bias of potential jurors.


The court instructed the jurors on conscious and unconscious bias. The court also showed the jury a video on unconscious bias. And Lindaman had a chance to probe for any bias based on sexual orientation during jury selection.

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