Legal Opinion
State v. Cornell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 17, 1978No. 60630PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REES, Justice.
Defendant Robert Allen Cornell was charged by county attorney’s information on September 14, 1976 with the crime of murder in violation of §§ 690.1 and 690.2, The Code, 1975. Upon the entry of his plea of not guilty, he was tried to a jury, convicted, sentenced and now appeals. We affirm.
The charge in this case arose from the alleged murder of one Kenneth Crow by defendant during a motor trip from Texas to Des Moines. A half-brother of defendant, Glenn Albert Oliver, aged 14, had accompanied the two men on the trip, and *17was the key witness for the State. Prior to the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brasfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Sharplin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
- The People v. DuszkewyczIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- State v. DrosteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. PiperSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
- Robert Allan Cornell, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. State of Iowa, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Bruce E. Ellis v. Amos E. Reed, Secretary of Corrections, and the Attorney General of the State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Robert A. Cornell v. Crispus Nix, Warden, IspCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
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