STATE v. HOLDERNESS

No. 54407.

191 N.W.2d 642 (1971)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Laurence Paul HOLDERNESS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard M. Freed, Iowa City, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen. Michael J. Laughlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John Hayek, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.


BECKER, Justice.

Defendant was charged by county attorney's information with the crime of murder. Jury trial resulted in verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment. He appeals. We affirm.

On July 6, 1968, at about 7:30 a. m., Mary Stanfield, an elderly lady who lived alone in her home in Iowa City, was found dead on her living room floor. She had been beaten on the head with a fairly sharp instrument. The autopsy...

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