Legal Opinion

State v. Martinez

Court of Appeals of Iowa

Decided August 30, 2000No. 99-0831PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SACKETT, Chief Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, Liborio Martinez, appeals following his conviction for three counts of possession with intent to deliver and three drug count violations. Defendant contends the district court (1) should have admitted an exculpatory statement in the form of a letter written to his attorney by a witness who refused to testify and consequently is unavailable, and (2) should not have admitted evidence he used aliases in the past. We affirm.

Defendant and Sandra Guadarrama were arrested in the evening hours of December 11, 1998, following a search in which police officers…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gordon Arthur Lyda and Albert Francis Perrault v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  2. United States v. William John BagleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. Juan GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  4. State v. RossSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
  5. United States v. Roberto Salvador and Oscar SalvadorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. ParedesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
  2. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2009
  3. Holloman v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  4. State Of Iowa Vs. Edwin Bello ParedesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
  5. State v. ParedesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009

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