STATE v. GLANTON

No. 56503.

231 N.W.2d 31 (1975)

STATE of Iowa, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Luther GLANTON, Judge of the Des Moines Municipal Court, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Raymond W. Sullins, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Naomi S. Mercer, Des Moines, for respondent.

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


HARRIS, Justice.

Respondent presided as judge of the Des Moines municipal court in the trial of City of Des Moines v. Shirley Dee Steve. That case was a prosecution under a municipal ordinance proscribing the making of false police reports. A violation of the ordinance is a misdemeanor. After the prosecution completed its attempted showing, the case was dismissed because of insufficiency of the evidence.

We granted a writ of certiorari to test the State's...

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