STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 54373.

191 N.W.2d 638 (1971)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Dennis Lee WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurer & Jones, Ames, for appellant.

Richard Turner, Atty. Gen., and Richard Winders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, for appellee.


LeGRAND, Justice.

Defendant was charged with the crime of larceny in violation of section 709.5, The Code. Upon trial to a jury he was convicted and thereafter sentenced to a term of not more than five years in the Men's Reformatory. He appeals from that judgment, and we reverse.

Defendant's seven assignments of error raise only two issues. The first relates to the admission throughout the trial of evidence tending to prove defendant had committed other crimes...

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