State v. Anderson

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, Thomas Anderson, was convicted of solicitation of a felony after he accepted cocaine as payment on a client’s legal bill. See Iowa Code § 705.1 (1997). On appeal he raises numerous constitutional, evidentiary, and instructional errors. We find dispositive, however, his claim that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal. Because we think there is insufficient evidence to prove the solicitation element of the crime, we reverse the judgment of conviction and remand for dismissal of the charge.

I. Background Facts and…