Legal Opinion
Larson v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 18, 1968No. 52832PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice.
Petitioner, Charles D. Larson, was convicted of murder in the second degree and *305sentenced December 30, 1946 to be confined in the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison for a term of 99 years. No appeal was taken. An accomplice, Louis B. Hofer, was earlier tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged for murder in the first degree. The judgment against Hofer was affirmed by this court. State v. Hofer, 238 Iowa 820, 28 N.W.2d 475, sets out the facts in detail on which each was convicted. Stated briefly Larson and Hofer were convicted for killing a reformatory guard by striking…
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