State v. Brant

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal in a murder prosecution involves four problems which arose in connection with plea and degree-of-guilt hearings and sentencing. See State v. Rand, 268 N.W.2d 642 (Iowa).

The record abundantly supports the State’s claim that defendant Duane E. Brant and one LeRoy Rand, while riding in defendant’s car, decided to rob the attendant at a Quik Trip store. Defendant drove to the store, Rand took defendant’s shotgun and entered the store to hold up the attendant, Rand shot and killed the attendant in the course of the robbery, defendant panicked and drove away, Rand…