State v. Bass

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Defendant Clyde Jack Bass appeals his conviction for first-degree murder in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 (1981). He asserts: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict of guilt; (2) that he was denied due process and a fair trial due to prosecutorial comment on his post-arrest silence; (3) that he was denied due process and a fair trial as a result of the State’s failure to preserve evidence of a photo array, and because of the court’s failure to instruct the jury that it was permitted to draw an inference adverse to the State as…