STATE v. WATTS

No. 88-99.

441 N.W.2d 395 (1989)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome E. WATTS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

March 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Wegman, State Public Defender, and B. John Burns, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, and Julie A. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee.

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


HAYDEN, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder. He was charged with killing his former girlfriend.

On appeal, defendant: 1) claims the trial court erred by admitting gruesome photographs showing the victim's body after death and showing the location of multiple stab wounds on the body (he argues these photographs were cumulative of other evidence and their probative value was outweighed by their prejudicial effect); 2)

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