STATE v. BARTNICK

No. 87-1104.

436 N.W.2d 647 (1988)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael A. BARTNICK, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rogers, Acting Chief Appellate Defender and James F. Whalen, Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Christie J. Scase, Charles N. Thoman, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Thomas Gustafson, Crawford County Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and SCHLEGEL, JJ.


OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Michael Bartnick, appeals from his jury trial where he was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for his role in the fatal shootings of the wife and daughter of Magistrate Arlo Schoenfeld at a farmhouse near Charter Oak in June 1986. Barnick contends that the trial court erred: first, in admitting an exhibit that was more prejudicial than probative; and second, in ordering that the defendant be shackled during trial and...

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