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STATE v. SATTERFIELD

No. 51514.

136 N.W.2d 257 (1965)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John C. SATTERFIELD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. H. Napier, Fort Madison, for appellant.

Lawrence F. Scalise, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, Don R. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert B. Dickey, Lee County Atty., for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

The net effect of the defendant's contentions in the case at bar, if they were sustained, would be to amend the statute of limitations applying to criminal offenses and greatly shorten the period provided therein in which prosecutions may be brought. We are unable to agree that this result should be reached.

The defendant was sentenced on October 30, 1961, to confinement in the state penitentiary...

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