State v. Wieland

In the dusk of the evening of February 20, 1933, defendant, while driving an automobile near Iowa City, in Johnson county, ran into and caused the death of Morgan Hartsock. On February 21, 1933, the state of Iowa filed in the district court of Johnson county, Iowa, a county attorney’s information accusing the defendant, Joseph B. Wieland, of the crime of manslaughter in unlawfully killing Morgan Hartsock on February 20, 1933. In a blank space on the information appeared a statement signed by Joseph B. Wieland substantially as follows:

“I understand the nature of the charge against me, and have…