State v. White

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant was convicted by jury in a single trial of eight felonies charged in separate counts of one county attorney’s information. The charges arose from violent and tragic events which occurred in the Shamrock Tavern in Davenport on January 19, 1972. The State alleged all the offenses were committed during the course of robbery of the tavern and several of its customers by defendant and four companions. Defendant was convicted and sentenced on three counts of robbery with aggravation, three counts of murder, and two counts of assault with intent to commit murder. He…