STATE v. FITZ

No. 58080.

265 N.W.2d 896 (1978)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Russell James FITZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Gilliam, of Gottschalk, Patterson & Gilliam, Waterloo, and Richard A. Knock, Cedar Falls, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., J. Susan Carney, Asst. Atty. Gen., David Correll, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, RAWLINGS, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


MASON, Justice.

Russell James Fitz was charged by county attorney's information with the crime of murder in violation of section 690.2, The Code. Trial to Webster County Jury upon change of venue resulted in a verdict convicting him of the crime charged. He appeals from judgment imposed upon that conviction sentencing him to life imprisonment at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison.

The facts giving rise to the filing of the information occurred June 6,...

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