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STATE v. BLAIR

Nos. 69505, 69523.

347 N.W.2d 416 (1984)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Avis Jackson BLAIR, Appellant. STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James Lee BLAIR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lu Ann White, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant Avis Jackson Blair.

Raymond E. Rogers, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant James Lee Blair.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Steven M. Foritano, Asst. Atty. Gen., and D. William Thomas, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, SCHULTZ and WOLLE, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

A jury in a joint trial convicted the defendants, James Lee Blair and Avis Jackson Blair, of first-degree murder in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 (1981), and second-degree theft in violation of Iowa Code sections 714.1 and 714.2. In these consolidated appeals, defendants contend (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdicts of first-degree murder and (2) that they were denied the effective assistance of trial counsel...

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