STATE v. RUAN

No. 86-958.

419 N.W.2d 734 (1987)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Anthony RUAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Harrington, Chief Appellate Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers, Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Mark Zbieroski, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Mark R. Cozine, Cherokee Co. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and HAYDEN and SACKETT, JJ.


OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

The defendant Robert Ruan appeals his conviction of first-degree theft in violation of Iowa Code sections 714.1 and 714.2. He contends the trial court erred in: (1) refusing to suppress a letter, and the fruits thereof, that his jailor opened and read without his permission while he was in pretrial detention; (2) refusing to suppress incriminating statements deliberately elicited by the jailor in violation of his right to counsel; (3) allowing...

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