State v. Hohle

HARRIS, Justice.

Defendant Chad Douglas Hohle assigns two errors in his appeal following convictions of two counts of assault. The court of appeals found merit in one of them and reversed Hohle’s convictions. We find no merit in either assignment and hence vacate the court of appeals decision and affirm the convictions.

Victim of one of the assaults was Brian Lumbard who had spent an evening with friends in an Iowa City bar. They left at closing time in the early morning hours. Other bars were then closed or closing so that a large number of bar patrons crowded the downtown sidewalks.

After…