STATE v. KYSETH

No. 58592.

240 N.W.2d 671 (1976)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Melvin Eugene KYSETH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peart & Hood, Davenport, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Edward N. Wehr, Scott County Atty., for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, and McCORMICK, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the propriety of admission into evidence of testimony of a verbal exchange between a peace officer and defendant Melvin Eugene Kyseth.

Corporal David P. Struckman, investigating a motor vehicle accident, found defendant lying on the street near the scene. An ambulance transported defendant to a hospital.

The officer then received information the vehicle involved in the accident had been stolen. He went to the...

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