State v. Mulder

LeGRAND, Justice.

What makes this case difficult is that it imprisons for life a fifteen-year-old boy convicted of first-degree murder. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment and sentence imposed pursuant to section 690.2, The Code 1975.

Error was not preserved on some of the matters raised on this appeal, and we decline to consider them except as they relate to the issue of ineffective counsel. We accordingly limit our review to the following issues: (1) insufficiency of the evidence; (2) the State’s failure to disclose exculpatory evidence; (3) prosecutorial misconduct; and (4)…