Legal Opinion
State of Iowa v. Tyler James Webster
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 19, 2015No. 13–1095PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
APPEL, Justice.
Tyler Webster shot and killed Buddy Frisbie. The State charged Webster with first-degree murder. A jury returned a guilty verdict of second-degree murder. Webster filed a posttrial motion seeking to vacate the conviction on grounds of juror misconduct. Webster also challenged several evidentiary rulings in which the district court refused to admit evidence that reflected poorly on Frisbie. The district court denied Webster’s posttrial motion and entered judgment. Webster appealed.
On appeal, Webster claimed his conviction should be vacated because of juror misconduct and juror…
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