STATE v. WYCOFF

No. 59594.

255 N.W.2d 116 (1977)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Steven Ray WYCOFF, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Liles, Fort Madison, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Mark S. Beckman, Richard Williams, Asst. Attys. Gen., and James P. Hoffman, Lee County Atty., for appellee.

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


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves issues which arose in a prosecution of a prison inmate for first-degree murder.

In November 1975, Cecil Polson, Thomas L. Garrett, Harold Tressler, and defendant Steven Ray Wycoff were inmates of Iowa State Penitentiary. Polson died from multiple stab wounds on November 3, 1975. His cell was several levels above Garrett's. The State offered Garrett as a witness. He testified he saw defendant with a knife climbing the...

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