STATE v. CALDWELL

No. 93-1744.

529 N.W.2d 282 (1995)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Phillip Glenn CALDWELL, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Patricia Reynolds Lapointe and Shari Barron, Asst. State Appellate Defenders, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Martha E. Boesen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Ferguson, County Atty., and Shawn Wehde, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

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


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

This case involves the interpretation of one of the foundational requirements for the admission of reputation testimony under the Iowa rules of evidence and Iowa case law— the requirement that the testimony be derived from comments made by "a general cross-section of the community." More specifically, we must determine whether this representativeness requirement is concerned with the variety of the nature of the comments made or with...

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