Legal Opinion
State v. Cullison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 19, 1975No. 2-57573PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Justice.
The State filed petition for writ of certio-rari in this court, asserting trial judge acted illegally in suppressing oral admissions and a written statement by Steven Lybarger, who was charged with the murder of Judith Pleas. We now annul the writ.
Judith Pleas’ decomposed body was found near Crescent, Iowa, on October 19, 1973. She had been missing since August 10,1973.
Lybarger was 22 years old when hearing was held on the motion to suppress. Shortly after dropping out of the twelfth grade in high school he joined the navy. Nine months later he was discharged because “he…
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3Cited by127 opinions
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