Legal Opinion
State v. Evans
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 17, 1993No. 91-288PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Jack Spencer Evans was convicted of first-degree murder, Iowa Code §§ 701.1, .2 (1989), and he appealed. He urged constitutional arguments, based on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments and ineffective assistance of counsel. The court of appeals reversed on Evans’ Fifth and Sixth Amendment grounds, and we granted further review. We vacate the court of appeals decision and affirm the district court.
On September 11, 1990, the body of eighty-one-year-old Della Forbes was found in her rural home near Keosauqua, Iowa. She had been killed several days before, shot five times with .38…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by25 opinions
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