DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.
A jury found Troy Shearon guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery after hearing testimony that he fatally stabbed a Des Moines tavern owner named Ray Myers and then took some of Myers' money. Shearon admitted killing Myers but claimed he was acting in self-defense after Myers tried to strangle him.
On appeal Shearon first contends the trial court erred in disallowing testimony by a woman who said the victim had attempted...
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