State v. Sauls

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves legal questions which arose in a prosecution for murder *517and theft. See also State v. Marit, — N.W.2d-(Iowa 1984).

Defendant Mark R. Sauls presents three issues: whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant his motion for severance of the trials of Sauls and his codefendant, Michael L. Marit; whether Sauls was afforded effective assistance of counsel; and whether jury instructions 13 and 24 deprived Sauls of due process of law.

The jury could find the facts as follows. Sauls and Marit were headed for Davenport, Iowa, from Litchfield,…