STATE v. RHODE

No. 90-842.

503 N.W.2d 27 (1993)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Denise Cleone RHODE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

May 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerald W. Kinnamon and Jon M. Kinnamon of Kinnamon, Kinnamon, Russo & Meyer, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen.; Roxann M. Ryan, Deputy Atty. Gen., Virginia Barchman, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Kevin Parker, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and HAYDEN, JJ., but decided en banc.


DONIELSON, Judge.

The defendant, Denise Rhode, appeals a judgment and sentence of the district court, following a bench trial, finding her guilty of first-degree murder and child endangerment.

Matthew Rhode, son of Joseph and Patricia Rhode, was born in September 1988. Several weeks after his birth, arrangements were made for Denise Rhode to baby-sit Matthew. Denise was the wife of John Rhode, brother of Joseph Rhode, and was therefore Matthew's aunt. At or...

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