Legal Opinion
State v. Kersh
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 23, 1981No. 66180PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
In this appeal -we pass upon the validity of the seizure of a pistol from defendant James Kersh, in a prosecution for carrying a concealed weapon under section 724.4, The Code 1979.
The principal witness for the State was Burlington Police Officer Ron Holtkamp. He testified at the suppression hearing not long after the seizure and again at defendant’s trial about seven months later. At the trial he could not remember his suppression hearing testimony, which was more favorable to defendant’s position than that given at trial. We believe the suppression testimony is more…
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