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STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 92-1119.

507 N.W.2d 393 (1993)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert Earl EDWARDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Tauber, Asst. Atty. Gen., John P. Sarcone, County Atty., and Nan Horvat, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

After rejecting his insanity defense, a jury found the defendant, Robert Earl Edwards, guilty of kidnapping in the first degree. In his appeal from that conviction, Edwards raises three issues. He contends that (1) the district court's failure on its own motion to order a competency hearing violated his due process rights, (2) the district court abused its discretion when it failed to warn him about disrupting the trial or to employ the alternatives...

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