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STATE v. SMITHERMAN

No. 05-0692.

733 N.W.2d 341 (2007)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Joel Bradford SMITHERMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and James G. Tomka, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Martha E. Boesen, Scott Brown, and Douglas Hammerand, Assistant Attorneys General, and Richard N. Dunn, County Attorney, for appellee.

CADY, Justice.

In this case we must determine if the defendant's constitutional rights to conflict-free counsel were violated. In addition, we must determine whether there was sufficient evidence to convict the defendant of first-degree murder. Finding no constitutional violation or problem pertaining to the sufficiency of the evidence, we affirm the defendant's conviction.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

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