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STATE v. LIGGINS

No. 19-0945.

978 N.W.2d 406 (2022)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Stanley LIGGINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 30, 2022.

Amended July 22, 2022.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellate Defender, Melinda J. Nye (argued), Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Richard Bennett (argued), Special Counsel, for appellee.

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

In this case, Stanley Liggins raises a number of challenges to his conviction of first-degree murder arising from events in 1990 after his fourth trial almost thirty years after the crime. Liggins asserts that his conviction cannot stand as a result of (1) juror misconduct, (2) the admission of transcript testimony of a deceased...

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