STATE v. BROWN

No. 97-1314.

589 N.W.2d 69 (1998)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Vincent Cortez BROWN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Wegman and Maggi Moss of Parrish Kruidenier Moss Dunn & Montgomery, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Karen Doland, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Steve Foritano, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Heard by CADY, C.J., and STREIT and VOGEL, JJ., but decided HUITINK, P.J., and STREIT and VOGEL, JJ.


STREIT, J.

Vincent Cortez Brown appeals his second-degree murder conviction for his role in a barbaric shoot-out which resulted in the death of an innocent bystander. We find Brown's statements to police voluntary and admissible, the second-degree murder conviction supported by substantial evidence, and the evidentiary rulings by the trial court were within the court's discretion. For these reasons, we affirm.

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