STATE v. RYAN

No. 92-633.

501 N.W.2d 516 (1993)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James Allen RYAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender and Ahmet Gonlubol, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Douglas R. Marek, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Mullin, County Atty., and Mark Campbell, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

The jury convicted the defendant of failure to affix a drug tax stamp. See Iowa Code § 421A.12 (1991).1 In his appeal the defendant urges that chapter 421A violates the federal Constitution on three grounds: (1) it is overbroad, (2) it is vague, and (3) it compels testimony against himself. U.S. Const. amends. XIV, V. We affirm.

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