STATE v. GORDON

No. 83-1094.

354 N.W.2d 783 (1984)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Kenneth Edmond GORDON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and John P. Messina, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, and Rebecca L. Claypool, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, CARTER and WOLLE, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Justice.

Defendant Kenneth Edmond Gordon appeals his conviction for first-degree murder in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2(1) (1981). In the sole issue raised, he contends the trial court erred in excluding his proffered evidence that drugs and drug paraphernalia had been found in the victim's apartment after the victim had been killed in defendant's apartment several miles away. The trial court sustained the State's relevancy objection...

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