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STATE v. HEEMSTRA

No. 04-0058.

721 N.W.2d 549 (2006)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Rodney Neil HEEMSTRA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Rosenberg of Paul Rosenberg & Associates, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Darrel L. Mullins and Douglas D. Hammerand, Assistant Attorneys General, and Gary Kendell, County Attorney, for appellee.

LARSON, Justice.

Rodney Heemstra was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder under Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 (2001). He appealed, challenging the district court's instructions to the jury, its refusal to order production of medical records, and its denial of his motion for new trial. We reverse and remand.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Rodney Heemstra and Tom Lyon were farmers in Warren County, Iowa. Since 1998 Lyon...

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