State v. Johnson

This is the second appeal of this case. See State v. Johnson, 257 Iowa 1052, 135 N.W.2d 518.

The State’s motion to dismiss this appeal has been ordered submitted with the case. Because of our duty to examine the record and render such judgment as the law demands without regard to technical errors or defects which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties, section 793.18, Code, 1962, we overrule such motion and consider the appeal on the clerk’s transcript.

The basis for the State’s motion, the truth of which is conceded by counsel for defendant in- oral argument, is that the printed…