Legal Opinion
State v. Fowler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 15, 1976No. 58472PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINGS, Justice.
By a two-count information the State charged Darrell Wayne Fowler feloniously killed his former wife Patricia (Section 690.-2, The Code 1973) and assaulted Richard Kamps with intent to murder (Code § 690.-6). These alleged offenses stemmed from a December 17, 1974, tragic encounter in Davenport. Trial jury found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and assault with intent to murder. He appeals from judgments attendantly entered. We reverse.
Weighing the evidence in a light most favorable to these verdicts, the jury could have found Fowler spent the day preceding…
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