STATE v. THOMAS

Nos. 58209 and 58210.

262 N.W.2d 607 (1978)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Leslie THOMAS and Laurel Thomas, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Cross and James E. Coonley, II of Coonley & Coonley, Hampton, for appellants.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Evans, Jr., and Ray W. Sullins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Carroll Wood, County Atty., for appellee.

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


RAWLINGS, Justice.

Defendants appeal from judgments on joint trial jury verdicts finding them guilty of resisting arrest in violation of Section 742.1, The Code 1973. We affirm.

Viewed most favorably to the verdicts, these are the relevant facts.

Defendants, Leslie Thomas (Leslie) and his son Laurel Thomas (Laurel), each own and operate an eastern Hamilton County farm. In early March of 1974, Laurel, absent any license or permit to so do, began constructing...

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