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STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 64159.

309 N.W.2d 471 (1981)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Reed Wayne HAMILTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wellman and Martha Shepard, Polk County-Des Moines Offender Advocate Office, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Shirley Steffe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Johnston, Polk County Atty., and Robert Burnett, Asst. Polk County Atty., for appellee.

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

SCHULTZ, Justice.

Late in the afternoon on January 25, 1978, Nick Pappas, Jr., a dealer in illicit drugs, and Cathy Larson were found dead in separate rooms of Pappas's residence in Des Moines. Both deaths were caused by wounds from a .38 caliber gun. On February 2, 1978, defendant was charged by separate trial informations with murder in the first degree in violation of sections 707.1-.2, The Code, for each death. The informations were consolidated for trial.

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