STATE v. POYNER

No. 63653.

306 N.W.2d 716 (1981)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Arthur Alan POYNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo of Parrish & Del Gallo, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and John P. Messina, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, ALLBEE and SCHULTZ, JJ.


LeGRAND, Justice.

This is an appeal from a life sentence imposed following defendant's conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree committed in violation of section 707.2(1), Supplement to The Code 1977. We affirm.

The case arose over a five-dollar bet on a pool game. Defendant was not a participant in the game. He bet on his brother to beat Kirk Marges, the victim of this crime. After losing, Marges denied having a wager with defendant. An argument...

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