State of Iowa v. Samantha Faith Bevans

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 24-1008 Filed September 17, 2025 STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. SAMANTHA FAITH BEVANS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Benton County, Chad Kepros, Judge. A criminal defendant appeals her conviction for murder in the first degree. AFFIRMED. Raya D. Dimitrova of Carr Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant. Brenna Bird, Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Considered without oral argument by Schumacher, P.J.,…