STATE v. WEST VANGEN

No. 20-1647.

975 N.W.2d 344 (2022)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Erica Lyne WEST VANGEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellate Defender, and Melinda J. Nye , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Thomas E. Bakke , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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


Erica West Vangen was convicted of criminal mischief in the fourth degree after the prosecution presented alternative theories to the jury—she either used a baseball bat to smash the windows of a car or she drove others to the scene and one of them smashed the windows. She argues that neither was supported by sufficient evidence...

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