State v. Allen

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Jimmy Lee Allen, appeals from conviction and sentence for murder in the first degree as specified in Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 (1981). His conviction stems from an alleged participation in the robbery and murder of Clifford Welling at Welling’s home in Des Moines on March 5, 1982.

Welling’s body was found lying in a pool of blood in the living room of his home on the morning of March 6, 1982 by his brother. The medical examiner who testified for the State at defendant’s trial determined that the cause of death was loss of blood from multiple stab wounds in…