State v. Heard

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

The defendant, James Edward Heard, appealed his conviction of robbery in the second degree entered by the district court in a bench trial. He contended there was insufficient evidence for the conviction under the assault and the immediate-serious-injury alternatives in Iowa Code section 711.1 (1997). We transferred the case to the court of appeals, which reversed. We granted the State further review. Because we find there was sufficient evidence to convict under the assault alternative, we vacate the court of appeals decision and affirm the district court judgment.

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