STATE v. JEFFRIES

No. 86-917.

430 N.W.2d 728 (1988)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James J. JEFFRIES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Anderson, Keokuk, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden and Thomas H. Miller, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Michael P. Short, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LAVORATO, Justice.

Faced in this criminal further review proceeding with a lesser-included offense issue, we take this opportunity to reexamine our approach to the lesser-included offense doctrine and conclude it should be modified.

The State argues that the court of appeals erred in reversing James J. Jeffries' insurrection conviction because of the district court's refusal to submit his requested jury instructions on lesser-included offenses. The State also...

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