STATE v. MENDIOLA

No. 83-540.

360 N.W.2d 780 (1985)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Jacinto F. MENDIOLA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Sherie Barnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William E. Davis, Scott Co. Atty., for appellee.

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


HARRIS, Justice.

We granted further review from a decision of the court of appeals which, by operation of law, affirmed defendant's conviction of possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Iowa Code § 204.401(1) (1981). The sole issue on appeal was whether it was error to admit evidence of defendant's prior conviction of a similar offense in Texas. Under the circumstances we think it was not error. We affirm.

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