STATE v. JONES

No. 60259.

271 N.W.2d 761 (1978)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Rubin Ellist JONES, a/k/a Rubin Oakley, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo G. Parrish, Des Moines, and Lawrence F. Scalise and Thomas J. Levis of Scalise, Scism, Gentry, Brick & Brick, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Faison T. Sessoms, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Terry Wright, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, UHLENHOPP and HARRIS, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

July 8, 1976, Johnney White, Sr., was attacked on a Des Moines street and repeatedly knife-cut by Jimmy Wayne Wright. On the next day Wright was shot and killed as he ran from a friend's house. The grand jury indicted Johnney White, Jr., White's son, and Archie Ray Daniels and this defendant, White's stepsons, accusing them of Wright's murder.

Defendant pled not guilty and successfully moved for separate trial. He was convicted of...

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