KYLE v. STATE

No. 84-434.

364 N.W.2d 558 (1985)

John Thomas KYLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia N. Fetzer and Mark McManigal, Student Legal Intern, of the University of Iowa College of Law Prisoner Assistance Clinic, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Sherie Barnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James D. Coil, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ and WOLLE, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

Applicant John Thomas Kyle appeals from the district court's dismissal of his application for postconviction relief challenging his conviction and sentence for murder in the first degree in violation of Iowa Code section 690.1 (1962). In 1964 appellant pleaded guilty to an open charge of murder. Following a degree-of-guilt hearing, he was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment...

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