State v. Tillman

SACKETT, Judge.

Defendant-appellant David Tillman, Jr., appeals following his conviction for murder in the first degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 (1993). Defendant *483contends the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the admission of evidence of his kidnapping, sexually abusing, and robbing of another victim some six months after the date of the murder with which he was charged. Defendant also contends the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow testimony of a statement made by the victim, Toni Bryant, that another man, her boyfriend, Steve Sharp,…