Iowa Supreme Court overturns conviction in HIV case

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Iowa Supreme Court overturns conviction in HIV case

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday set aside the conviction of a man who pleaded guilty to criminal transmission of HIV but later argued that he got insufficient legal advice in making the plea. In a decision praised by some gay rights activists as recognizing modern treatment of HIV, the court by a 6-1 margin overturned district court and state appeals court rulings that upheld the 2009 guilty plea of Nick Rhoades. Rhoades admitted he had a sexual encounter in Cedar Falls, Iowa, with a man he met on a social networking site. Rhoades said he did not tell the man he was diagnosed with HIV, as required by Iowa law, and received a 25-year sentence, later changed to five years' probation.

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