Legal Opinion

State v. Vaughn

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 11, 1968No. 52810PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECKER, Justice.

Defendant pled guilty to the crime of conspiracy. He was sentenced to the State Penitentiary at Fort Madison for a period of three years. He now appeals assigning as errors: 1. The information does not charge a crime under Iowa law, and 2. The county attorney’s information is not sufficient to fully inform defendant as to the charge for which he was held to answer. We reject both arguments and affirm.

The record indicates defendant was originally charged with forgery. After some preliminary skirmishing which included withdrawl of his first court appointed counsel and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. KulishSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  2. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  3. State v. HurdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. SiscoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  2. State v. GartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  3. Brewer v. BennettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  4. Brewer v. BennettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  5. State v. SiscoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969

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