STATE v. DALTON

No. 02-1649.

674 N.W.2d 111 (2004)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Melvin Ray DALTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Stephan J. Japuntich, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Darrel Mullins, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Susan Cox and Dan Voogt, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.


STREIT, Justice.

While a passenger in a moving pickup truck, Melvin Dalton repeatedly punched and kicked a man until he fell from the truck to his death. Dalton alleges there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for vehicular homicide. Dalton also claims his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge (1) alleged defects in the trial information and the minutes of testimony and (2) Iowa Code section 707.6A(2) (2001) as unconstitutionally...

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