STATE v. KNAPP

No. 87-394.

426 N.W.2d 169 (1988)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Virgil Norman KNAPP, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Chief Appellate Defender, and Michael J. Laughlin, Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Mark J. Zbieroski, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Steven M. Foritano, Asst. Co. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Considered by HAYDEN, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.


HABHAB, Judge.

In this appeal we consider several legal problems in this prosecution for theft in the second degree under sections 714.1(4) and 714.2(2) of the Iowa Code. For reasons which will appear, we affirm.

The jury could find the following from the evidence. In the spring and summer months of 1986, the Des Moines Police Department used a cleaning business as a front while undercover officers, posing as fences, let it be known that they were willing...

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