State v. Pepples

250 N.W.2d 390 (1977)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee,

v.

James Charles PEPPLES, Appellant.

No. 59414.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 16, 1977.

Curtis A. Ward and Pat W. Brooks, of Mowry, Irvine & Brooks, Marshalltown, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Richard H. Doyle IV, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Carl D. Baker, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal from a conviction of second-degree murder raises questions concerning admissibility of evidence, prosecutor conduct in final argument, and the court's…