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State v. Beckwith

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 6, 1951No. 47669PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.

The defendant was charged, by county attorney’s information, with the murder of Irma Jean Stahlhut, committed on or about June 22, 1949, in Grundy County, Iowa. A change of venue was granted, and the cause was tried in the District Court of Black Hawk County.

Irma Jean Stahlhut and her husband, Harvey Stahlhut, operated a tavern in the small town of Morrison in Grundy County. They were married in 1947 and were the parents of one son who was seventeen months old at the time of the trial. Harvey Stahlhut had other employment, which took him away from the tavern a part of the time, so that its…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. FelterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  2. State v. HartungSupreme Court of Iowa · 1948
  3. State v. McGruderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  4. State v. TealeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  5. State v. CoosterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1860

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  2. State v. GramenzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
  3. State of Iowa v. Jerin Douglas MootzSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
  4. State v. NeuendorfSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
  5. State v. JonasSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017

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