STATE v. DOSS

No. 83-477.

355 N.W.2d 874 (1984)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Murray Lee DOSS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Phelan of Johnson, Phelan & Skewes, Fort Madison, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Joseph P. Weeg and Richard A. Williams, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

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


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

A Lee County jury found defendant Murray Lee Doss guilty of first-degree murder on the theory of aiding and abetting, a violation of sections 707.1 and 707.2 of the Code. The defendant has appealed his conviction, and we now affirm.

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