State v. Jones

Defendant, a young, divorced mother, about 20 years old, was charged with robbery contrary to section 711.3, Code of Iowa, 1958, and convicted of the included offense, larceny from the person, section 709.6, Code of Iowa, 1958. She appeals, urging insufficiency of the evidence, and the confession, Exhibit No. 2, was inadmissible.

I. The undisputed facts are, defendant was drinking in the afternoon of October 26, 1960, with her ex-husband, John Jones. Defendant called Reed Donovan, the victim of the larceny, between six and seven p.m. to take her home. He picked her up. They stopped to buy…