State v. Jordan

WOLLE, Judge.

Defendant Gregory E. Jordan, convicted of second-degree robbery, contends the evidence did not satisfy the elements of that crime. See Iowa Code §§ 711.1, .3 (1985). We transferred this single-issue case to the court of appeals, and it reversed the conviction in a two-to-one panel decision. We have granted the State’s request for further review, see Iowa R.App.P. 402, and we now vacate the decision of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of conviction and indeterminate ten-year sentence entered by the trial court,

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