Legal Opinion
State v. Losee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 22, 1984No. 83-623PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
Defendant, Jack Leroy Losee, Jr., appeals from his conviction and sentence on two counts of first degree murder in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1-.2. Defendant contends: (1) the trial court infringed his constitutional right of confrontation by refusing to allow defendant to impeach the State's primary witness with evidence of the results of a polygraph examination; (2) the trial court erred by requiring the jury to determine whether the prosecution's star witness was an accomplice rather than deciding the issue as a matter of law; and (3) he received ineffective…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. MartiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- United States v. Steven John AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by37 opinions
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