State of Iowa v. Arzel Jones

WIGGINS, Justice.

Following his sentencing to consecutive prison terms totaling thirty-five years, a criminal defendant asks us to review the district court’s determinations that the written entry of the verdict was proper, that a fork is a dangerous weapon, that the State did not commit a Brady1 violation or fail to disclose newly discovered evidence, that the defendant’s trial counsel could not withdraw at the beginning of trial, and that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial. The court of appeals affirmed the district court’s determinations. Pursuant to…