Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided August 29, 1985No. 84-553PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.
The defendant and a companion, Rodney Jackson, were accused of robbing and killing a person. At their separate trials for first-degree murder, each intimated that the other had struck the fatal blows.
The defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. He has appealed.
The defendant contends the trial court erred by admitting into evidence the transcript of a deposition given by his brother, Donnell Wright. Donnell testified that shortly after the crime the defendant and his companion had arrived at the brother’s house with…
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