State v. Broten

LARSON, Justice.

On October 16, 1968, an information was filed in the District Court of Iowa in and for Black Hawk County charging the defendant, Walter Alfred Broten, Jr., with manslaughter in the death of Ray Harris. Pursuant to defendant’s plea of not guilty, trial was had to a jury, culminating on January 16, 1969, with a verdict of guilty. It is from this conviction that defendant appeals.

There is little dispute concerning the circumstances which resulted in the death of Harfis. The record discloses that in the early morning hours of September 20, 1968, defendant, age 35, together with…