State v. Schertz

LARSON, Justice.

This defendant appeals his judgment and sentence for first-degree murder, Iowa Code sections 707.1, 707.2; first-degree kidnapping, sections 710.1, 710.2; and second-degree theft, sections 714.1, 714.2(2). Companion cases, arising from a joint trial have been previously reported: State v. Gavin, 328 N.W.2d 501 (Iowa 1983); State v. (Sheila Mae) Schertz, 328 N.W.2d 320 (Iowa 1982); State v. LeCompte, 327 N.W.2d 221 (Iowa 1982).

Schertz raises three issues: (1) there was insufficient evidence to sustain the kidnapping conviction; (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State to…