Legal Opinion

State v. Brandt

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 19, 1971No. 54094PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Charged by county attorney’s information with the crime of manslaughter, defendant entered a not guilty plea. Trial jury found him guilty. Defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled, judgment entered, and he appeals. We affirm.

The sole errors asserted here relate to some instructions requested and others given.

Under these circumstances it will suffice to briefly note that upon seeing someone in or near his automobile, at night, defendant shot and killed the prowler. The instant action was thereupon brought.

I. The first complaint voiced by defendant on appeal is, in…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Larry Howard Homan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
  2. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  3. State v. BostonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  4. State v. FordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
  5. State v. KramerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. MartiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  2. State v. BuchananSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  3. State v. MunzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. State v. HrahaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
  5. State v. BellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974

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