STATE v. HUGHES

No. 88-1716.

457 N.W.2d 25 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Dexter HUGHES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

March 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Wegman, State Appellate Defender, and James F. Whalen, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Roxann M. Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., James M. Metcalf, County Atty., and Thomas J. Ferguson, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by DONIELSON, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.


HABHAB, Judge.

Defendant Dexter Hughes appeals from his conviction, following a bench trial, of first-degree murder. Defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of past instances of child abuse committed by defendant; and (2) whether the trial court erred in its determination that felony child endangerment could serve as the underlying felony for felony murder. We affirm.

On Labor Day, 1987, defendant left...

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