State of Iowa v. Robert Paul Krogmann

MANSFIELD, Justice.

Robert Krogmann appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, for attempted murder and willful injury. Krogmann contends the district court erred in granting the State’s pretrial request to freeze all his personal assets and requiring that he apply to the court for permission to use those assets for his legal defense. Krogmann also maintains the prosecutor committed reversible misconduct by asking an inflammatory question at trial.

Although we have concerns about the propriety of the asset freeze, we find that Krogmann failed to preserve error. We also find that error was…