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Wycoff v. State

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 19, 1986No. 84-160PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this further review of a court of appeals decision we consider allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel.

Steven Ray Wycoff was convicted of first-degree murder of Cecil Poison, a fellow inmate of Iowa State Penitentiary. Poison died of multiple stab wounds on November 3, 1975. (

Attorneys Kent Hutchenson and Gordon Liles were appointed as trial counsel for indigent Wycoff. They divided representation with Hutchenson as lead counsel, though they both participated in examining and objecting during trial.

After sentence, Wycoff appealed and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  2. State v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
  3. State v. DunneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
  4. Lamphere v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  5. State v. LoveSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
  2. State v. OndayogSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  3. State v. CareySupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  4. Donnie Lee Wyldes, Jr. v. Thomas Hundley, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  5. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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