STATE v. LeGRAND

No. 88-49.

442 N.W.2d 614 (1989)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Charles LeGRAND, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Wegman, State Public Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers and James F. Whalen, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Harold Denton, Asst. Linn County Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

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


DONIELSON, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of first-degree murder. He contends that the trial court erred by refusing to submit voluntary manslaughter as a lesser-included offense. He also asserts that his right to a fair trial was violated when sheriff's deputies transported jurors to the courthouse during deliberation.

In 1987 the State charged John LeGrand with first-degree murder for killing a young woman named Julie Vosmek by...

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