State v. Walker

LARSON, Justice.

Bobby Lee Walker appeals from his conviction of second-degree burglary, § 713.3, The Code 1979, contending the trial court erred in denying him the right to present and examine certain witnesses who could corroborate his defense. The trial court held that the defendant’s failure to comply with Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(3) warranted the sanction of excluding the potential witnesses’ testimony. We reverse and remand.

Davenport police officers were called to investigate a burglary in process at a house in a residential neighborhood, used as the office of a construction…