STATE v. LYON

No. 57006.

223 N.W.2d 193 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Timothy Gordon LYON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent G. Harstad, Jerald W. Kinnamon and Jon M. Kinnamon, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Raymond W. Sullins, Asst. Atty. Gen., William G. Faches, County Atty., and Timothy White, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and MASON, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON, and McCORMICK, JJ.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Timothy Gordon Lyon, appeals from conviction and sentence for robbery with aggravation in violation of Code section 711.2. We affirm.

Defendant's sole assigned error asserts: "That, given the defendant's admission that he had been convicted of a felony, the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury, sua sponte, that consideration of a defendant's previous convictions must be limited to defendant's credibility as a witness...

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