State v. Mayes

HARRIS, Justice.

There are five assignments of error in the defendant’s appeal from his conviction of assault with intent to inflict serious injury in violation of sections 708.1 and 708.2(1), The Code, 1979, and carrying weapons in violation of section 724.4, The Code, 1979. We affirm the trial court.

Shooting cases are not known for logical factual backgrounds. By nature they tend to be absurd. Yet, even for a shooting case, the facts here are unusually bizarre.

Richard Baker, the victim, was in the company of two girlfriends at a Des Moines bar during the early morning hours of June 3, 1978.…