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STATE v. DOUGLAS

No. 03-0154.

675 N.W.2d 567 (2004)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Dennis G. DOUGLAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 25, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and David Arthur Adams, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General, Michael L. Wolf, County Attorney, and Gary P. Strausser, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

TERNUS, Justice.

It has long been the law in Iowa that one may not be convicted on the testimony of an accomplice alone. See Iowa R.Crim. P. 2.21(3); State v. Brandt, 242 Iowa 382, 388, 44 N.W.2d 690, 693 (1950). A similar rule exists with respect to a defendant's confession: "a confession standing alone will not warrant a criminal conviction unless other proof shows the defendant committed the crime." State v....

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