State v. Taylor

LeGRAND, Justice.

Defendant was charged with' having murdered Melba June Miller. He waived trial by jury under rule 16, R.Crim.P. Cf. State v. Henderson, 287 N.W.2d 583 (Iowa 1980) (defendant in criminal case has absolute right to waive trial,by jury). After trial to the court, he was convicted of murder in the first degree. § 690.2, The Code 1977. He appeals from the judgment entered on this finding. We affirm.

The appeal presents three questions: 1) sufficiency of the evidence; 2) defendant’s right to a new trial for newly discovered evidence; and 3) State’s alleged suppression of exculpatory…