STATE v. HARRIS

No. 96-2296.

589 N.W.2d 239 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John Lee HARRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Burdette of Cook, Gotsdiner, McEnroe & McCarthy, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Thomas S. Tauber, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Jeffrey Noble and Jamie Bowers, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The appellant, John Lee Harris, was convicted of first-degree murder following a jury trial. He has assigned several grounds for reversal. The court of appeals affirmed his conviction. So do we.

The evidence viewed most favorably toward the State discloses the following facts. The victim of the shooting was Monty Williams. His cousin, Tony Williams, had threatened a thirteen-year-old boy named Scooter Palmer with harm. The boy had friends...

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