STATE v. TYLER

No. 14-0256.

873 N.W.2d 741 (2016)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Kent Anthony TYLER III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Campbell of Dickey & Campbell Law Firm, PLC, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Bruce L. Kempkes and Linda J. Hines , Assistant Attorneys General, John P. Sarcone , County Attorney, and Daniel Voogt and Stephanie Cox , Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.


This case requires us to consider whether substantial evidence supports the second-degree murder conviction of an individual who struck the first, nonlethal blow in a fatal beating. The defendant's blow knocked the victim down. Others in the group surrounding the victim then kicked and stomped him to death.

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