State v. Beyer

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

Defendant was charged with murder after a shooting incident at Davenport on February 28,1976. He was found guilty of the included offense of manslaughter. Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence of imprisonment in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa for a period not to exceed eight years. We affirm.

Defendant’s wife Patricia previously had been married to Garland Sullivan, the shooting victim. Patricia had custody of the two young Sullivan children.

February 28, 1976, Garland and his then-wife Stella went to Davenport to visit the children. Upon learning defendant…