State v. Rieflin

ANDREASEN, Justice.

Defendant, Gerald Rieflin, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. We hold that the district court did not err in finding Rieflin competent to stand trial. We also hold that the court did not violate Rieflin’s physician-patient privilege by allowing the testimony of a doctor and nurse at the second competency hearing. We affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In January 1995, Rieflin shot and killed two co-workers and wounded two other coworkers at the Ralston Foods plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The shootings occurred in the presence of numerous…