STATE v. THORNTON

No. 91-386.

498 N.W.2d 670 (1993)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. William THORNTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Andi S. Lipman, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Tauber, Asst. Atty. Gen., James J. Koll, County Atty., and James E. Fitzgerald, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, NEUMAN and SNELL, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Defendant William Thornton appeals his conviction of second-degree murder. Thornton asserts that the evidence at trial was insufficient to convict him. Thornton also asserts that the district court erred in allowing the prosecutor to ask Thornton to re-enact the shooting, and in overruling Thornton's objections to the prosecutor's rebuttal closing argument.

The court of appeals reversed...

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