State v. O'Shea

VOGEL, Judge.

O’Shea was convicted of second degree murder in the death of his next door neighbor, Jan Boley. O’Shea appealed his conviction on several grounds, which were considered by this court in State v. O’Shea, No. 98-2170, 2000 WL 63189 (Iowa Ct. App. Jan.26, 2000) (O’Shea I). In reviewing the denial of O’Shea’s motion for a new trial, grounded on a claim that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, we found the district court had applied the wrong legal standard, and remanded for application of the correct standard. The court once again denied O’Shea’s new trial request, and also…