Legal Opinion
State v. Hartsfield
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 16, 2004No. 02-0635PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
The defendant, Napoleon Hartsfield, claims the district court erred in refusing to give a spoliation instruction in his trial on assault charges. We agree and so reverse the judgment of conviction and sentence, and remand for a new trial.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
On the morning of February 26, 2002, the defendant was in the Scott County jail awaiting transfer to the courthouse for a hearing on an unrelated charge. Harts-field was not unknown to the correctional officers at the jail. In fact, he had previously sued some of them for alleged civil rights violations,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- State v. LangletSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
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