STATE v. SUTTON

No. 99-1245.

636 N.W.2d 107 (2001)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Joseph Allen SUTTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Simmons, Davenport, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Karen Doland, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Jerald Feuerbach and Robert Cusack, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.


NEUMAN, Justice.

Numerous legal challenges are raised in this appeal by Joseph Sutton from his conviction for aiding and abetting vehicular homicide by reckless driving. But the decisive issue is whether the facts fail to support the conviction as a matter of law. We conclude they do. We therefore vacate a contrary court of appeals decision and reverse the judgment of the district court.

I. Background Facts and Legal Proceedings.

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