STATE v. POWERS

No. 62185.

278 N.W.2d 26 (1979)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. David Roy POWERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Washburn, of Diehl & Washburn, Iowa City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Evans, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard Bordwell, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and REES, McCORMICK, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises issues of interpretation and constitutionality of section 902.7, Code Supp.1977, which imposes a minimum five-year prison sentence upon a defendant found guilty of a "forcible felony" involving the real or simulated threat of a firearm.

March 7, 1978, defendant was charged by trial information with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of willful injury, based upon his acts of shooting his wife and daughter...

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