STATE v. HOBBS

No. 00-1750.

654 N.W.2d 499 (2002)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ronald Truman HOBBS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webb L. Wassmer of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Bridget A. Chambers, Assistant Attorney General, Todd Holmes, County Attorney, and T.J. Braunschweig, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

Ronald Hobbs was convicted of bootlegging, maintaining a liquor nuisance, and failure to have a beer permit in violation, respectively, of Iowa Code sections 123.59, 123.60, and 123.22 (1999). The defendant appealed. We conclude there was insufficient evidence to sustain the convictions and therefore reverse and remand for dismissal.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

On July 26, 1999, Scott Beach (the defendant...

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