State v. Hinsey

LeGRAND, Justice.

On June 12, 1969, defendant and three others escaped from a county jail in Minnesota and made their way in a stolen car to Iowa, where a three-day crime spree terminated in the armed robbery of the Fareway Store at Algona, Iowa, during which one of the employees, Melvin Bay, was fatally shot.

This is the third appeal arising out of these events. The convictions of two of defendant's alleged confederates based on substantially the same evidence have been sustained. See State v. Cunha, 193 N.W.2d 106 (Iowa 1972) and State v. Gilroy, 199 N.W.2d 63 (Iowa 1972).

In the present case…