State v. Whitehead

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Whitehead, former Jasper County attorney, was indicted for violating § 723.1, The Code 1975 (interference with the administration of justice). Upon trial the jury found him not guilty and the State appeals. Of course, an appeal by the State “in no case stays the operation of a judgment in favor of the defendant.” § 793.9, The Code. See § 814.12, The Code 1979.

This prosecution arose out of an incident which occurred September 29, 1976. Newton police traced a stolen coat to Julie Wad-dell, a twenty-year-old woman who had been in prior trouble and who…