STATE v. HARKNESS

No. 52506.

160 N.W.2d 324 (1968)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Earl E. HARKNESS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan W. Bainter and Thomas F. Bell, Mt. Pleasant, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., David A. Elderkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James L. Morrison, County Atty., Mt. Pleasant, for appellee.


MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment following a jury verdict convicting defendant Earl E. Harkness of second degree murder contrary to section 690.3, Code, 1966.

May 13, 1966, a Henry County grand jury returned an indictment charging defendant with the crime of murder. At arraignment upon defendant's showing he was indigent and unable to afford the services of counsel his present attorneys were appointed by the court to represent him. A plea of...

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