State v. Scott

WOLLE, Justice.

Defendant Edward Scott was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced for the crimes of second-degree burglary, second-degree theft, and carrying a dangerous weapon. See Iowa Code §§ 713.5, 714.2(2), 724.4 (1985). He contends that two erroneous evidentiary rulings — the denial of his motion to suppress and sustention of an objection to cross-examination during the jury trial — deprived him of a fair trial, warranting reversal of his convictions. We find no merit in his assignments of error and affirm.

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