State v. Mumford

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant Gary Dean Mumford appeals from judgment and sentence imposed following conviction by jury trial of the offense of first-degree robbery defined in Iowa Code sections 711.1, 711.2 (1981). He asserts that the trial court erred by not accepting the form of verdict and answers to interrogatories initially returned by the jury as a finding of second-degree robbery and by permitting further jury deliberations which led to a finding of first-degree robbery. We consider these contentions and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Mumford and a co-defendant Timothy Goforth…