State v. Jackson

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Jesse J. Jackson, appeals from his conviction and sentence for first-degree murder. He contends that the district court (1) should have granted his motion for mistrial because of misconduct of the prosecutor; (2) improperly sealed notes of the attorney for an alleged accomplice that was separately charged, thus making them unavailable for use at trial; and (3) erred in submitting an instruction on joint criminal conduct as defined in Iowa Code section 703.2 (1995). After reviewing the record and considering the arguments presented, we affirm the decision of the…