ORIGER v. STATE

No. 91-1375.

495 N.W.2d 132 (1992)

Samuel Jerome ORIGER, Appellee, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Bruce Kempkes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ted Hovda, County Atty., for appellant.

David E. Grinde, Asst. Public Defender, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

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


DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals from a judgment of the district court reversing and remanding the defendant's conviction for first-degree murder on the ground that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance.

The defendant, Samuel Jerome Origer, was a known drug user and cocaine dealer in the Iowa Falls area for "the Greeks," Zois and Aris Sklavenitis, several of the area's biggest drug dealers. Robb Johnson was a farmer and mid-level cocaine...

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