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STATE v. FAUGHT

No. 50765.

120 N.W.2d 426 (1963)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Michael James FAUGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 12, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahoney, Jordan, Statton & Smith, Boone, for appellant.

Evan Hultman, Atty. Gen., John H. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley R. Simpson, County Attorney, and T. W. Doran, Special Prosecutor, Boone, for appellee.

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

Defendant Michael James Faught has appealed from his conviction of second degree murder.

On July 9, 1961, about 7:30 a. m. the body of a Mrs. Zenor was found in the vegetable room in the basement of the Hemlock building at the Woodward State Hospital and School. She was a cook in the building. The handle of a butcher knife protruded from her chest. Its 8-inch blade was inside the body and had almost completely severed the aorta and...

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