STATE v. IVY

No. 63549.

300 N.W.2d 310 (1981)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Mel B. IVY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Whalen of Dunbar & Dunbar, Waterloo, for appellant.

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

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


LeGRAND, Justice.

Having waived trial by jury, defendant was convicted in a bench trial of having inflicted willful injury upon Abner J. Lewis in violation of section 708.4, The Code 1979. He appeals, and we affirm the trial court.

The facts leading up to defendant's trial and conviction are bizarre indeed. Defendant and his victim were close friends; they still are. On the evening of April 6, 1978, they became...

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