State v. Compiano

In a jury trial on November 16, 1966, in the Municipal Court of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, the defendant, John Compiano, was found guilty of the crime of assault and battery committed on the 12th day of May, 1966. Defendant’s motion for a new trial, which alleged that he failed to receive a *513fair and impartial trial due to mistaken testimony by a police officer, was overruled and he appeals. "We affirm.

Assigned as error was the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground that new material evidence had been discovered. He contends that, although in determining…