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VAN HOFF v. STATE

No. 87-1758.

447 N.W.2d 665 (1989)

Roger Gene VAN HOFF, Applicant-Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Resister-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

August 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Walker, Fort Dodge, for applicant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard J. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James C. Hudson, Pocahontas County Atty., for resister-appellee.

Heard by DONIELSON, P.J., and SCHLEGEL and HAYDEN, JJ.

DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

Shortly after his live-in girlfriend told him she was moving out, Roger Van Hoff found his shotgun and started firing. Both his father and his son were killed as a result. Van Hoff claims that at the time of the shootings he was depressed, confused, sleep-deprived, and under the influence of alcohol and amphetamines, and that he could not clearly remember what happened until shortly before trial when his memory returned. His attorneys having...

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