State v. Drosos

Pursuant to a grand jury indictment November 15, 1960, charging the defendant, Gust Drosos, with the crime of murder for killing George D. Pappas, and his plea of not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity under section 777.18, Code of Iowa, 1958, a trial by jury was had and defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the Iowa State Penitentiary for life. From this conviction and sentence he appeals.

This record discloses that George D. Pappas was an attorney for the estate of William Drosos, defendant’s brother, that defendant contested…