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STATE v. COFFMAN

No. 95-1677.

562 N.W.2d 766 (1997)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Patrick Leon COFFMAN a/k/a Michael Patrick Leon Murray, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

February 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Sharon R. Stevens and John M. Priester, Assistant State Appellate Defenders, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Robert P. Ewald, Thomas H. Miller, and Angelina Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, William H. Appel, Wapello County Attorney, and Ron Kelly, Assistant Wapello County Attorney, for appellee.

Heard by HABHAB, C.J., and HUITINK and VOGEL, JJ.

VOGEL, Judge.

On Monday July 25, 1994, defendant Michael P. Coffman (age sixteen) and Jeremy Allen (age fifteen) attended a driver's education course at Ottumwa High School. During the preceding weekend the boys had argued over Michael's treatment of a girl. Michael brought one of his father's guns, loaded, to the class on Monday. The boys exchanged threats during the class, and afterward, outside the school, Michael shot Jeremy twice and killed him. After waiver...

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