STATE v. DOUGHTY

No. 85-546.

397 N.W.2d 503 (1986)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ralph Laverne DOUGHTY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Christie J. Scase, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William E. Davis, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

An instructional error required us to reverse a prior judgment convicting defendant of first-degree kidnapping, a crime involving sexual abuse of a five-year-old boy. State v. Doughty, 359 N.W.2d 439 (Iowa 1984). Doughty now appeals his second conviction for the same offense following retrial, claiming an irregularity in the jury composition. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions...

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