STATE v. KLINDT

No. 85-243.

389 N.W.2d 670 (1986)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James B. KLINDT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Brent R. Appel, Deputy Atty. Gen., Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William E. Davis, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

James B. Klindt was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Joyce. He contends (1) the court erred in allowing the State to use scientific and statistical evidence to show that a detached torso was Joyce's; (2) that a tape-recorded conversation between Klindt and his wife was improperly admitted; and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We affirm.

Joyce Klindt disappeared from her Davenport, Iowa, home...

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