Legal Opinion
State v. Hatter
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 21, 1987No. 86-1056PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of first degree kidnapping in violation of Iowa Code section 710.2 (1981) and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, see id. §§ 710.2, 902.1. This was his third trial and conviction for the same offense. His first two convictions were reversed on appeal. See State v. Hatter, 342 N.W.2d 851 (Iowa 1983) (Hatter I); State v. Hatter, 381 N.W. 2d 370 (Iowa App.1985) (Hatter II).
On this appeal defendant maintains that the trial court committed numerous errors. These claimed errors involve: (1) jury instructions, (2) sufficiency of the evidence, (3)…
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