STATE v. HORN

No. 62231.

282 N.W.2d 717 (1979)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Donald Keith HORN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Hirsch, of Edward W. Dailey Law Office, P.C., Burlington, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann Fitzgibbons and Richard L. Cleland, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Steven S. Hoth, County Atty., for appellee.

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


McGIVERIN, Justice.

After jury trial, defendant Donald Keith Horn appeals his conviction of first degree murder in violation of sections 690.1-.2, The Code 1977. Defendant urges numerous assignments of error. We find merit in two of defendant's contentions and therefore reverse and remand.

On December 12, 1977, the body of Jerri Connelly was found in a sewer pit located in Burlington. He had been shot through the heart with a "good sized" copper jacketed bullet...

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