STATE v. O'DELL

No. 89-1636.

456 N.W.2d 910 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Brent O'DELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Roxann M. Ryan, and Thomas H. Miller, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Verd Bailey, County Atty., for appellant.

Joseph J. Hrvol and David E. Richter, Council Bluffs, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


HARRIS, Justice.

We granted the State permission to bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge a pretrial evidentiary ruling in a murder prosecution. The trial court suppressed inculpatory statements the defendant made to a witness who was an accessory to the charged offense. The witness induced the statements at the instance of the State. The trial court excluded them on sixth amendment grounds. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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