Manning v. Engelkes

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Plaintiff John Raymond Manning challenges by way of writ of certiorari the defendant district court’s ruling denying the state’s motion to dismiss a criminal charge against him. We believe the court acted within its legal discretion and annul the writ.

Manning and Blair Edward Jones were charged in the same trial information with robbery in the first degree in violation of section 711.2, The Code Supp.1977, in connection with the hold-up of a Wareco gas station on May 19,1978 in Waterloo. Manning actually was the person who held up the station attendant with a sawed-off…