STATE v. SILL

No. 54920.

199 N.W.2d 47 (1972)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Donald D. SILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swift & Swift, Manchester, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Robert D. Jacobson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and E. Michael Carr, County Atty., Manchester, for appellee.


McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant was convicted by jury and sentenced for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury under § 694.6, The Code. We reverse because of error in an instruction on defendant's intoxication defense and in admission of rebuttal evidence of defense witnesses' reputation for truth and veracity.

The trial was on an indictment under Code § 690.6 charging defendant assaulted Khalil Odeh with intent to murder. State evidence...

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