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GATTON v. BREWER

No. 61249.

268 N.W.2d 185 (1978)

Alfred Lee GATTON, Appellant, v. Lou V. BREWER, warden, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia M. Hulting, Muscatine, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Ray W. Sullins, Asst. Atty. Gen., David W. Newell, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, REYNOLDSON, and MASON, (serving after June 14, 1978, by special assignment), JJ.

MASON, Justice (Serving by special assignment).

Alfred Lee Gatton appeals from denial of that part of his application for postconviction relief in which he claimed his sentence was improper.

July 13, 1966, Gatton was charged by county attorney's information with murder in the first degree. In the minutes of testimony attached to this information, several witnesses stated they had observed Gatton shoot and kill his ex-wife.

November 14, Gatton pled...

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