State v. Sallis

MASON, Justice.

January 20, 1976, Katherine L. Sallis was arrested in Omaha, Nebraska, for the murder of her husband, Charles Sallis. Although the trial court docket entries did not originally reflect this fact, defendant was extradited to Iowa and arraigned March 16. She was tried and found guilty of the only charge submitted to the jury, first degree murder. She appeals from judgment imposed upon her conviction.

May 25 defense counsel filed a motion to dismiss the entire jury panel. This motion was in pertinent part as follows:

“ * * * That at the time of the setting of the trial of this…