Legal Opinion

State v. Mays

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 21, 1973No. 55610PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this appeal we are required to pass upon matters which arose in a prosecution for breaking and entering.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the jury could find that defendant LeRoy Mays was employed in and had a key to a commercial car-cleaning establishment. Adjoining that establishment and separated by a wall was a garage. The garage housed trucks which were used to haul cigarettes and candy. The two business enterprises belonged to different firms.

Defendant worked at the car-cleaning establishment on Saturday, November 6, 1971. When the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. JensenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  2. Mora v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
  3. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  4. State v. HardingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927
  5. State v. GatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. State v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Iowa · 2008
  2. State of Iowa v. Max v. ThorndikeSupreme Court of Iowa · 2015
  3. State v. TejedaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
  4. State of Iowa v. Deantay Darelle WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
  5. State of Iowa v. James Alon ShorterSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017

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