State v. Buford

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

After a break-in at the Yves and Sandra Wysong home in Warren County, defendant was charged by trial information with second-degree burglary, in violation of sections 713.1 and 713.3, The Code 1979. A jury found defendant guilty, and he was sentenced to a prison term not to exceed ten years. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial. It held trial court should have granted defendant’s continuance motion, under Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 18(5), when the State sought to introduce testimony of a witness not listed in the minutes of…