STATE v. CHRISTENSEN

No. 17-0085.

929 N.W.2d 646 (2019)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Lee Samuel CHRISTENSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon F. Spies of Spies, Pavelich & Foley, Iowa City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Tyler J. Buller , Kelli Huser (until withdrawal), Kevin Cmelik , and Coleman McAllister , Assistant Attorneys General, and Doug Hansen , County Attorney, for appellee.


In this case, Lee Christensen challenges his conviction of second-degree murder following a jury trial. After the trial, Christensen moved for a new trial based upon (1) the refusal of the trial court to disqualify a juror who allegedly made out-of-court statements regarding the defendant's guilt, (2) prosecutorial misconduct related...

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