STATE v. WHITEHEAD

No. 60502.

277 N.W.2d 887 (1979)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Kenneth L. WHITEHEAD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Garry D. Woodward, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

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


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Whitehead, former Jasper County attorney, was indicted for violating § 723.1, The Code 1975 (interference with the administration of justice). Upon trial the jury found him not guilty and the State appeals. Of course, an appeal by the State "in no case stays the operation of a judgment in favor of the defendant." § 793.9, The Code. See § 814.12, The Code 1979.

This prosecution arose out of an incident...

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