State v. Haesemeyer

Defendant, president and active executive officer of a state bank, was acquitted of embezzlement in the claimed violation of section 528.6, Codes, 1950, 1954. The State has appealed and contends some of the instructions to the jury were erroneous.

I. The judgment is a finality with respect to the discharge of defendant. However, we will entertain an appeal by the State where it presents questions of law the determination of which will be beneficial or a guide to trial courts in the future. See Code section 793.20; State v. Hill, 244 Iowa 405, 407, 57 N.W.2d 58, 59, and citations. We think this…