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STATE v. VEAL

No. 21-0144.

972 N.W.2d 728 (2022)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Peter Leroy VEAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 1, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellate Defender, and Theresa R. Wilson , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

David S. Walker , Windsor Heights, and Russell E. Lovell, II , Des Moines, for amicus curiae NAACP.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.

Peter Veal was charged with committing two murders and attempting to commit a third in Cerro Gordo County. He requested a change of venue because of pretrial publicity, and the court moved his trial to Webster County. The jury found him guilty of two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of attempted murder. Veal...

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