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STATE v. WIXOM

No. 97-2042.

599 N.W.2d 481 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Michael Eugene WIXOM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Martha J. Lucey, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Jean C. Pettinger, Assistant Attorney General, Michael Short, County Attorney, and Gordon Liles, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by SACKETT, C.J., HUITINK, STREIT, VOGEL, and MAHAN, JJ. ZIMMER, J., takes no part.

STREIT, J.

Michael Wixom appeals his convictions and sentences, following a jury trial, for three drug-related offenses. Because the State impermissibly impeached one of its own witnesses in order to offer otherwise inadmissible hearsay into evidence, we reverse.

I. Background Facts & Proceedings.

On October 8, 1996, Wixom's residence was searched pursuant to a warrant. The police found drugs and drug paraphernalia. Wixom was charged with...

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