STATE v. TOWNSEND

No. 58431.

238 N.W.2d 351 (1976)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Mary Donna TOWNSEND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Naomi S. Mercer, Des Moines, for appellant.

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

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, REES, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

After pleading guilty to a charge of assault with intent to commit manslaughter, defendant was sentenced to a term not to exceed five years at the women's reformatory. She appeals, asserting a number of alleged errors by trial court in the plea tender and sentencing proceedings. We affirm.

Following a drinking party which lasted into the morning of December 18, 1974, defendant shot Clifford Mickens, a man with whom she had been living...

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