State v. Misner

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Following jury trial, defendant Tomie Lee Misner was convicted of seven counts of second-degree kidnapping, Iowa Code §§ 710.1, .3 (1985), one count of insurrection, Iowa Code § 718.1 (1985), and one count of assault while participating in a felony, Iowa Code §§ 708.1, .3 (1985). Mis-ner has appealed from judgment imposing sentences and we affirm.

From substantial evidence in the record, the jury could have found the following facts. January 6, 1986, an uprising involving a number of Iowa State Penitentiary inmates occurred in cell house 319. This unit housed…