STATE v. SMITH

No. 54092.

182 N.W.2d 409 (1970)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. William Edward SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Comito, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Michael J. Laughlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., Des Moines, for appellee.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant's appeal of his robbery conviction asserts the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial after striking evidence of victim's viewing of him in the absence of counsel shortly after the robbery. The primary question is whether defendant's constitutional right to counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was under the facts here violated. We hold it was not.

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