State v. Gavin

LARSON, Justice.

Defendant Michael P. Gavin appeals from his jury conviction of murder in the first degree, Iowa Code section 707.2 (1981), kidnapping in the first degree, section 710.2, and theft in the second degree, section 714.-2.1 On appeal he contends the trial court erred by: (1) failing to sever his trial from the trial of his four co-defendants; (2) permitting the State to amend the trial information three days prior to the trial to include a torture alternative to the kidnapping charge; (3) permitting the State to use a prior felony-escape conviction for impeachment purposes; and (4)…