STATE v. RUTLEDGE

No. 47601.

47 N.W.2d 251 (1951)

STATE v. RUTLEDGE.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 4, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. S. Milner, of Cedar Rapids, and Miller, Davis, Hise & Howland, of Des Moines, for appellant.

Robert L. Larson, Atty. Gen., Don Hise, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wm. W. Crissman, County Atty. of Linn County, and D. M. Elderkin, Asst. County Atty. of Linn County, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.


OLIVER, Justice.

December 15, 1948, at 7:30 A.M. the body of Byron Hattman, of St. Louis, Missouri, was discovered on the floor of room 729, occupied by him in the Roosevelt Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The corpse was lying on its chest, just inside the entry way and partly alongside the bed, the feet were crossed and the arms were pulled up behind the body and crossed on its back. The body was lying partially on a top coat. The right sleeve of the suit coat was off...

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