STATE v. DEAN

No. 67913.

332 N.W.2d 336 (1983)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. William Walter DEAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Hoyt, Jr., Appellate Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers and Patrick R. Grady, Asst. Appellate Defenders, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Joseph P. Weeg, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Patrick C. McCormick, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

The single issue in this appeal is whether the State's use of a discovery deposition violated defendant's sixth amendment right of confrontation. A jury found defendant guilty of second-degree robbery, a violation of Iowa Code sections 711.1 and 711.3. He appeals and we reverse and remand for new trial.

From the evidence the jury readily could have found defendant and an accomplice, Teresa J. Smith, "rolled" Duane Johnson near a...

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