STATE v. REEVES

No. 00-0481.

636 N.W.2d 22 (2001)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Valerie Lynn REEVES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected December 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, and Michael E. Wolf, County Attorney, for appellant.

Jon M. Kinnamon and Jerald W. Kinnamon, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

This defendant, Valerie Reeves, was convicted of second-degree murder and appealed. The court of appeals reversed and remanded for the district court to assess her new-trial motion under the weight-of-the-evidence standard adopted in State v. Ellis, 578 N.W.2d 655, 658-59 (Iowa 1998). On remand the district court, applying this new standard, ordered a new trial. The State appealed. The court of appeals affirmed...

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