STATE v. LYONS

No. 55630.

210 N.W.2d 543 (1973)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Franklin Wayne LYONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Polk County-Des Moines Offender Advocate Office, Anthony M. Critelli, Chief Atty., Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray Fenton, Polk County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REES, REYNOLDSON and HARRIS, JJ.


REES, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of robbery with aggravation, was sentenced, and appeals. We affirm.

Mrs. Judith Thornton testified that on the morning of January 7, 1972, she received several phone calls, but that when she answered the telephone the caller hung up. At 9:30, shortly after the last phone call, she answered the doorbell at her home and had barely opened the door when an intruder forced it open and gained admittance.

Mrs. Thornton...

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