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STATE v. KING

No. 91-712.

492 N.W.2d 211 (1992)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Donald Thane KING, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

August 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas G. Fisher, Jr. and Thomas H. Miller, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Michael P. Short, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and SACKETT, JJ.

DONIELSON, Judge.

Donald Thane King was upset that Ed Branch was dating King's half sister. On November 20, 1990, finding Branch at his half sister's home, King jumped on him, repeatedly stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife, and continued to kick him in the ribs and head while being pulled off. Branch died as a result of the attack and King was later convicted of first-degree murder. King now complains his murder conviction should be reversed, alleging his...

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