STATE v. EMERSON

No. 84-1427.

375 N.W.2d 256 (1985)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Jerry Lee EMERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Fitzgibbons of Scalise, Scism, Sandre & Uhl, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Marcia Mason and James Kivi, Asst. Attys. Gen., and John Hines, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McCORMICK, LARSON, CARTER, and WOLLE, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

The defendant raises four assignments of error in this appeal from his conviction of first-degree murder and subsequent life sentence. We find no merit in any of them and affirm the trial court.

Defendant himself was the first to alert the Jones County sheriff's office that something was amiss at his farm. Alan Willman, a deputy sheriff, answered his telephone call. Defendant immediately said to Willman:

Butch (Willman's nickname...

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