STATE v. MULLIN

No. 57428.

225 N.W.2d 305 (1975)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Patrick E. MULLIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Fowler, of Wilson & Goodhue, Indianola, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., David E. Linquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert A. Gottschald, County Atty., for appellee.

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


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

Defendant bank customer was charged with falsely uttering his own check at his own bank on an overdrawn account. Following his conviction for violating § 713.3, The Code, he appeals from judgment sentencing him to seven years imprisonment. We reverse.

The 21-year-old defendant had a seventh grade education. On July 28, 1973 he opened his first checking account in Peoples Trust and Savings Bank (of Indianola) with a $10 deposit. Thereafter...

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