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STATE v. CULLISON

No. 2-57573.

227 N.W.2d 121 (1975)

STATE of Iowa, Petitioner, v. Bennett CULLISON, Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial District of Iowa, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyle A. Rodenburg, County Atty., for petitioner.

Smith, Peterson, Beckman, Willson & Peterson, Council Bluffs, for respondent.

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

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The State filed petition for writ of certiorari in this court, asserting trial judge acted illegally in suppressing oral admissions and a written statement by Steven Lybarger, who was charged with the murder of Judith Pleas. We now annul the writ.

Judith Pleas' decomposed body was found near Crescent, Iowa, on October 19, 1973. She had been missing since August 10, 1973.

Lybarger was 22 years old when hearing was held on the motion...

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