Legal Opinion
State v. Pierson
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided May 31, 1996No. 95-0670PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HABHAB, Presiding Justice.
Bennie Pierson, Jr., was charged with the murder of Michael Heiderseheit. Heider-scheit had died from severe blows to the head and was found at the Roller Dam in Cedar Rapids.
At Pierson’s jury trial, the State presented the following evidence. On September 16, Pierson came across his long-time acquaintance, Heiderseheit, at the Taco Kid restaurant in Cedar Rapids. Heiderseheit was an employee at Taco Kid and was there picking up his paycheck. Pierson accompanied Heid-erscheit to the Hy-Vee grocery store near Lindale Mall on Collins Road where Heider-scheit cashed his…
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