State v. McNeal

SNELL, Justice.

Defendant, James Eugene McNeal, was charged, pleaded not guilty, tried before a judge and jury and convicted of robbery with aggravation as defined in sections 711.1 and 711.2, Code of Iowa. From judgment of imprisonment based thereon he has appealed.

Defendant, testifying in his own behalf, denied participation in the robbery and said he was in Kansas City at the time thereof. Otherwise there was no conflict in the testimony.

A brief summary of the state’s evidence will suffice.

In the late afternoon of September 27, 1966 Salstrom’s Jewelry Store in Des Moines was robbed by three…