State v. Kellogg

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves several problems which arose in a prosecution on a murder indictment.

The crucial fact question at trial was whether defendant Francis Vern Kellogg shot his wife, Constance Kellogg, or wheth-' er she committed suicide, by shooting herself. On the evening of August 22, 1975, defendant and his wife were in their home in Waterloo, Iowa. They both frequently drank and quarreled. On this occasion they were in their bedroom quarreling. The State adduced evidence of circumstances from which the jury could find that defendant shot Mrs. Kellogg. On the other…