State v. Hill

I. The State appeals under section 793.20, Code of 1950, not to deprive the defendant of the benefit and finality of the judgment, but to determine a question of law inhering in the ruling of the district court, which .may be an aid and guide for trial courts in the future. The appeal is proper under the following decisions and authorities cited therein: State v. Traas, 230 Iowa 826, 828, 298 N.W. 862; State v. Schreck, 231 Iowa 542, 543, 544, 1 N.W.2d 690; State v. Kellison, 233 Iowa 1274, 1276, 11 N.W.2d 371; State v. Reickenbach, 235 Iowa 731, 17 N.W.2d 530; State v. DeMarce, 237 Iowa 648,…