STATE v. HARRISON

No. 97-97.

578 N.W.2d 234 (1998)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Kent Allen HARRISON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and John P. Messina, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Thomas S. Tauber, Assistant Attorney General, Gerald Partridge, County Attorney, and Barbara Edmondson, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

These criminal convictions must be reversed because the accused had formerly been placed in jeopardy on the same charges. Defendant Kent Allen Harrison is alleged to have entered his parents' home, confronted his mother about a property dispute, and threatened to kill her. Officers were called and proceeded to Harrison's trailer where he confronted them with a rifle. Because they considered him intoxicated, the officers withdrew and met with family...

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