STATE v. SIMPSON

No. 88-1231.

450 N.W.2d 819 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James D. SIMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Rogers, State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Julie A. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Mullin, County Atty., and Mark A. Campbell, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN and ANDREASEN, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant, while under oath, told one version of the events surrounding the killing of Jeffrey Jones. The district court later rejected the plea agreement. At the murder trial, defendant, while under oath, told a different version of the same events.

Defendant subsequently was charged with and convicted of perjury, under Iowa Code section 720.2 (1987). The question here is whether defendant's first statement...

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