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STATE v. HARTSFIELD

No. 02-0635.

681 N.W.2d 626 (2004)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Napoleon HARTSFIELD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Nan Jennisch, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kristin Guddall, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Jerald Feuerbach, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, Napoleon Hartsfield, claims the district court erred in refusing to give a spoliation instruction in his trial on assault charges. We agree and so reverse the judgment of conviction and sentence, and remand for a new trial.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

On the morning of February 26, 2002, the defendant was in the Scott County jail awaiting transfer to the...

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