STATE v. EPPS

No. 66565.

322 N.W.2d 288 (1982)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John Henry EPPS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Hoyt, Jr., Chief Appellate Defender, and Douglas F. Staskal, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

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

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, and LARSON, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

A jury convicted the defendant, John Henry Epps, of first-degree murder, Iowa Code §§ 707.1, 707.2 (1979). On appeal he complains that (1) there was insufficient evidence to submit the case to the jury; (2) the trial court erred in refusing to set aside the trial information; (3) the court erred in admitting a key exhibit into evidence; and (4) he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

I. Sufficiency of the evidence...

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