Tag: Doug lindaman

Charles City

Lindaman guilty, again, but of a lesser crime

Chris Baldus

MASON CITY — With help from the Iowa Supreme Court, the state Attorney General’s Office, and an avalanche of his own court filings, Charles City’s Doug Lindaman, 62, has managed to get a felony conviction replaced with an aggravated misdemeanor verdict despite two juries ruling against him. The latest verdict arrived Wednesday in his third trial over alleged sexual abuse in 2011 of a 17-year-old he hired to do farm work. Jurors chose to convict Lindaman of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. He was originally charged with felony third-degree sexual abuse. It’s yet to be seen whether he … Continue reading Lindaman guilty, again, but of a lesser crime

Charles City

Lindaman asks for change of venue, an assistant attorney

Chris Baldus

CHARLES CITY – The Charles City man whose third-degree sexual abuse conviction was overturned by the Iowa Supreme Court because the district court didn’t adequately warn him about representing himself intends to do it again. This time, however, he wants a court-appointed attorney to assist him at his retrial. “The defendant asks for  the assistance of counsel in a second chair position until such time as the attorney has shown a mastery of the facts and law implicit in this matter,” Lindaman wrote in his motion. Former two-time candidate for local elected office and convicted felon Doug Lindaman, 61, filed … Continue reading Lindaman asks for change of venue, an assistant attorney

Charles City

Lindaman retrial set to begin Aug. 1

Chris Baldus

CHARLES CITY –-Convicted sex offender and former Floyd County magistrate Doug Lindemann, 61, is out of prison and free on bond. On the same day a Floyd County District Court judge scheduled Lindaman’s retrial on a third-degree sexual abuse charge for Aug. 1, Lindaman was returned to Floyd County where he made bond. Lindaman, who previously served prison time in the 1980s on two convictions of lascivious acts with a minor, was convicted in April 2016 by a Floyd County jury on the count of third-degree sexual abuse. That conviction was overturned in May by the Iowa Supreme Court. In an … Continue reading Lindaman retrial set to begin Aug. 1

Charles City

Floyd County’s prosecutor wants Lindaman’s retrial to begin ASAP

Chris Baldus

CHARLES CITY – Floyd County’s lead prosecutor wants Doug Lindaman back in district court as soon as possible. The Iowa Supreme Court last week reversed Lindaman’s April 2016 conviction by a jury of third-degree sexual abuse, sending the case back to Floyd County District Court for retrial. County Attorney Rachel Ginbey, filed a request on Tuesday, May 23, to have the case added to the trial list and “resent at the earliest possible date for trial.” Lindaman, a former Floyd County magistrate who lost his law license after two convictions in the late 1980s for lascivious acts with minors, has … Continue reading Floyd County’s prosecutor wants Lindaman’s retrial to begin ASAP

Charles City

Iowa Supreme Court panel orders new trial for Doug Lindaman

Chris Baldus

CHARLES CITY — Convicted sex offender and former county and school board candidate Doug Lindaman is getting a new trial because he was not adequately warned about the dangers of representing himself. Lindaman was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse by a Floyd County jury on April 12, 2016. He is serving an up-to-10-year prison sentence and on release he was to be placed on the sex offender registry. In an order filed Friday, May 19, the three-judge panel of Iowa Supreme Court Justices Brent R. Appel, Thomas Waterman and Bruce B. Zager agreed with Lindaman’s appeal for a new trial … Continue reading Iowa Supreme Court panel orders new trial for Doug Lindaman

AM Update

State says Lindaman deserves a new trial

Chris Baldus

By Chris Baldus, news@northcedarreports.com Former Floyd County Magistrate Doug Lindaman, who is serving a 10-year sentence in an Iowa prison, has new hope that his third-degree sexual abuse conviction will be reversed and he will get a new trial. Lindaman, who has had a handful of his post- conviction relief motions denied, is now the beneficiary of a motion  from the Iowa Attorney General’s Office to summarily reverse his conviction.  The Iowa Supreme Court will rule on the motion. The key issue is Lindaman’ decision to represent himself in his trial. The attorney general is supporting a motion from Lindaman that … Continue reading State says Lindaman deserves a new trial