State v. Lawr

LeGRAND, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a senseless series of events which occurred when defendant, without cause or purpose, placed a starter’s pistol against one Diane Smith, pulled the trigger, and inflicted a slight bruise and powder burn upon her body. He was convicted of violating § 695.1, The Code, and sentenced to a term of not more than five years in the men’s reformatory. This sentence was suspended conditionally if defendant committed himself for treatment at the Iowa Men’s Residential Facility in Des Moines. Defendant appeals and we reverse. The case was tried and is considered…