STATE v. SPEAKS

No. 97-0013.

576 N.W.2d 629 (1998)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jayson Randall SPEAKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

January 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Stowers of Babich, McConnell & Renzo, P.C., Des Moines, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Mary Tabor and Thomas H. Miller, Assistant Attorneys General, for plaintiff-appellee.

Heard by HUITINK, P.J., and VOGEL and MAHAN, JJ.


MAHAN, Judge.

Defendant Jayson Speaks appeals his conviction of first-degree murder for the killing of Rebecca Hauser. He claims: (1) the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal; (2) the trial court violated his due process rights by instructing the jury on felony murder; and (3) his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the premeditated murder marshaling instruction. We affirm.

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