STATE v. DRAKE

No. 56508.

224 N.W.2d 476 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Zelpha Mae DRAKE, a/k/a Zelpha Montgomery, Zelpha Durham and Zelpha Zee, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rosenberg, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Thomas Mann, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray A. Fenton, Polk County Atty., for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


LeGRAND, Justice.

On this appeal, defendant says she was wrongfully convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property in violation of § 712.1, The Code, because the principal evidence against her was illegally seized under a search warrant issued without probable cause. She also insists her sentence was illegally imposed and should be set aside. We rule against defendant on the first issue and for her on the second. Accordingly, the case is reversed and remanded...

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