STATE v. SIMS

No. 47535.

40 N.W.2d 463 (1950)

STATE v. SIMS.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCormick & McCormick, of Sioux City, for appellant.

Robert L. Larson, Attorney General of Iowa, Don Hise, First Assistant Attorney General, Bernard A. Brown, County Attorney, Woodbury County, Sioux City, for appellee.


MULRONEY, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of rape and here asserts the main error was the trial court's admission of his written confession.

There was abundant testimony that on the evening of January 14, 1949, Norma Flynn, a sixteen year old girl, was raped. The attack occurred shortly after 8 P.M. while Norma was walking from church to a home in Sioux City to keep a baby-sitting engagement. She made immediate complaint to her family and...

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