ARMENTO v. BAUGHMAN

No. 63270.

290 N.W.2d 11 (1980)

Billy Joe ARMENTO, Appellant, v. Jack BAUGHMAN, Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, and State of Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Cleary, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Lona Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, ALLBEE and McGIVERIN, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

This is an appeal from denial of postconviction relief. The questions involve allegations of concealment of exculpatory evidence and denial of effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the postconviction court.

Petitioner Billy Joe Armento was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder as the alleged "hit man" in the slaying of Anne King in Des Moines on March 12, 1975. The State's evidence was that the victim's...

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