State v. Houston

STUART, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property, Iowa Code, section 712.1, in Scott County District Court on March 8, 1967. In a separate hearing on March 20, 1967 the jury found defendant was a habitual criminal. He has appealed pro se.

I. Defendant claims the trial court erred in failing to sustain his motion for directed verdict. “In considering a motion for a directed verdict the evidence, of course, is to be viewed in the light most favorable to the party against whom the motion is directed.” State v. Estrella, 257 Iowa 462, 465, 133 N.W.2d 97, 99;…