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STATE v. EVANS

No. 59282.

259 N.W.2d 789 (1977)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Herman EVANS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Reisetter of Iowa City, and Thomas P. Curran of Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., J. Susan Carney, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Jack W. Dooley, Johnson County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, REES, UHLENHOPP and McCORMICK, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves guilty-plea proceedings on a charge of malicious injury to a building. Defendant Herman Evans suffers from schizophrenia with manic depressive components. At times, especially when off medication, he loses touch with reality and suffers severe mood problems.

Defendant has a history of being in and out of mental health institutions and of some criminal activity. On November...

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