Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 9, 1968No. 52763PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
On May 23, 1967, the Polk County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging the defendant, John Wayne Davis, with the crime of breaking and entering as defined in section 708.8 of the 1966 Code of Iowa. Subsequent to a plea of not guilty, trial was had by jury resulting in a verdict of guilty. The defendant was sentenced to not more than ten years in prison in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa, Iowa. He appeals.
Acting upon a radio dispatch that a breaking and entering was in progress at Jay’s Bakery in Des Moines, Iowa, several Des Moines policemen went to the bakery to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. FergusonMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Gaudio v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Frederick v. ShormanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- State v. HardestySupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- State v. FettersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- State v. MayhewSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- Cummings v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- State v. CluckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
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