SPRATT v. STATE

No. 2-65510.

315 N.W.2d 844 (1981)

Larry Eugene SPRATT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Cleary, Des Moines, for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, and Shirley Steffe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent-appellee.

Considered by OXBERGER, C. J., and DONIELSON, SNELL, CARTER and JOHNSON, JJ.


DONIELSON, Judge.

The petitioner-defendant appeals from the trial court's denial of his petition for postconviction relief, which challenged his 1977 conviction for breaking and entering with intent to commit a public offense, to-wit: larceny. Defendant contends that: (1) the prosecutor at his 1977 trial suppressed exculpatory evidence, (2) certain instructions shifted the burden of proof on the presence of criminal intent from the state to the defense, and (3) that...

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