Opinion ID: 1679243
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Heading: Turecek Violation.

Text: Rojas argues that the State committed a Turecek violation by calling B.R. to testify, knowing she would recant her allegations, solely for the purpose of admitting the videotape interview to impeach her recantation. See State v. Turecek, 456 N.W.2d 219, 225 (Iowa 1990) (The State is not entitled... to place a witness on the stand who is expected to give unfavorable testimony and then, in the guise of impeachment, offer evidence which is otherwise inadmissible.); State v. Tracy, 482 N.W.2d 675, 679-80 (Iowa 1992) (admission of alleged victim's testimony to impeach recantation of her prior allegations of sexual abuse was reversible error). There is no Turecek violation here because we find the videotape was admissible under rule 803(24). Therefore, it would have been admissible regardless of whether B.R. testified. As a result, it was not admitted to impeach B.R.'s testimony. Rather, it was offered as admissible direct evidence of sexual abuse.