STATE v. McFARLAND

No. 57225.

287 N.W.2d 162 (1980)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Richard William McFARLAND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eugene Knopf, of Diehl, Clayton, Cleverley & Knopf, Newton, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Douglas F. Staskal, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles G. Neighbor, Jasper County Atty., for appellee.

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


LARSON, Justice.

This defendant appeals from his 1973 conviction of statutory rape in violation of section 698.1, The Code 1971. On appeal from the denial of a post-conviction petition, we granted him the right to a delayed direct appeal. His appeal presents two issues for consideration: (1) Was the reasonable doubt instruction sufficient, and (2) does the lack of a trial transcript deny him due process by depriving him of a full and fair appellate review of his trial...

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