State v. Ivy

LeGRAND, Justice.

Having waived trial by jury, defendant was convicted in a bench trial of having inflicted willful injury upon Abner J. Lewis in violation of section 708.4, The Code 1979. He appeals, and we affirm the trial court.

The facts leading up to defendant’s trial and conviction are bizarre indeed. Defend ant and his victim were close friends; they still are. On the evening of April 6, 1978, they became involved in an argument over defendant’s conduct toward the daughter of the woman with whom Lewis was living. Lewis ordered defendant to leave the house. An altercation followed and…