• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Iowa Supreme Court rules out video testimony in Dubuque County case

Iowa Supreme Court rules out video testimony in Dubuque County case

October 24, 2014 By Dar Danielson

Iowa Supreme Court building.

Iowa Supreme Court building.

The Iowa Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed witnesses in a Dubuque County case to testify via video link. Zacariah Rogerson wrecked his car on August 13th of 2012 and in the process three passengers in the vehicle suffered multiple injuries.

He was charged with four counts of unintentionally causing serious injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle. The state sought to have witnesses who lived out of state and officials with the state crime lab in Ankeny testify via a two-way videoconferencing system. Rogerson appealed, saying the videoconferencing would violated his Six Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him.

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the state did not show any exceptional circumstances for using the videoconferencing testimony. And it said while technology now makes such testimony very close to a face-to-face confrontation, the court does not believe it is the constitutional equivalent of the confrontation envisioned in the Sixth Amendment.

See the full ruling here: Video testimony PDF

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News

Featured Stories

Speakers at trooper’s funeral describe Sgt. Smith as selfless, man of faith

Iowa unlikely to join 26 states with hands-free driving laws

Reynolds says Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause manageable

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Drake elevates Pohlman to head women’s basketball coach

New title sponsor for Des Moines Marathon

Iowa State adds Minnesota transfer

Cedar Rapids preparing for big return of sports events

Iowa Games returning with full slate of sports

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC