State v. Frommelt

LeGRAND, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment following a jury verdict convicting defendant of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury in violation of section 694.6, 1966, Code of Iowa. The charge arose out of an altercation between two young men working on the Flood Control project in Du-buque County, Iowa, during the Spring of 1967.

Prior to the incident the defendant and his victim did not know each other. While the flood control work was in progress, a car parked near the work site had been tampered with and air had been released from several of its tires. Although defendant…