State v. Speicher

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal by James Speicher challenges the sufficiency of the proof offered by the State to sustain his conviction for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of Iowa Code section 124 .401(l)(b)(7) (1999). We transferred the case to the court of appeals. That court affirmed the conviction but, on Speicher’s application, we granted further review. Because we are convinced the record contains no proof on the essential “agreement” element of conspiracy, we now vacate the court of appeals’ decision and reverse that portion of the district court judgment.

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