STATE v. McGUIRE

No. 96-895.

572 N.W.2d 545 (1997)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Delbert Lee McGUIRE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Wright, Sr. of Wright & Wright, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Martha E. Boesen, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Odell G. McGhee II, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

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


LARSON, Justice.

The defendant, Delbert McGuire, was convicted of four counts of forgery in violation of Iowa Code sections 715A.1 and 715A.2 (1995). He appealed on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction and that the court erred in admitting hearsay testimony. The court of appeals found no error on the hearsay issue but reversed on the ground that there was insufficient evidence of McGuire's knowledge that the checks involved were...

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