STATE v. KNOX

No. 89-294.

464 N.W.2d 445 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John Albert KNOX, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, Appellate Defender, and B. John Burns, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden and James Kivi, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Diann Wilder-Tomlinson, County Atty., for appellee.

Kasey W. Kincaid, K.J. Walker, and Michael A. Giudicessi, Des Moines, for amicus curiae.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

John Albert Knox, Jr., was convicted of first-degree murder, Iowa Code §§ 707.2(1), 707.2(2) (1989), and first-degree sexual abuse, Iowa Code §§ 709.1(1), 709.2 (1989). He appealed, and we affirm.

I. Right to Speedy Trial.

Knox was charged by county attorney's information on June 19, 1987. Four days before trial, the State moved to dismiss the information without prejudice, and the motion was sustained...

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