Legal Opinion
State v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 23, 1970No. 53400PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LeGRAND, Justice.
Defendant was indicted for the forcible rape of Rosemary Kiefer in violation of section 698.1, Code of Iowa. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a term of 40 years in the penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa. He appeals from that judgment, and we reverse and remand for a new trial.
The nature of the appeal makes it unnecessary to detail the facts surrounding the event. Defendant assigns two errors which he claims entitle him to a new trial and a third which, if the first two are unavailing, is urged as cause for reduction of his sentence. They are: (1) misconduct on the…
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