STATE v. COLE

No. 62552.

295 N.W.2d 29 (1980)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Mary Kathleen COLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. Scalise, John R. Sandre, and Ann Fitzgibbons, of Scalise, Scism, Gentry, Brick & Brick, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Julie F. Pottorff, Asst. Atty. Gen., David J. Dutton, County Atty., and Ruth R. Harkin, Sp. Asst. Polk County Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

This defendant appeals her conviction, in a jury-waived trial, of first-degree murder in violation of section 690.2, The Code 1977. She challenges the trial court's rulings in regard to (1) psychiatric evidence secured by depositions and in-trial testimony, (2) admission of objects sized from the defendant's automobile and (3) ordering a deposition of defendant's husband. We affirm the trial court.

It is undisputed that on September 15, 1977...

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