State v. Walton

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of carrying weapons, a violation of section 724.4, The Code 1979; and receipt, transportation, or possession of a weapon by a felon, a violation of section 724.26, The Code 1979. We reverse and remand for new trial.

The trial produced substantial evidence from which the jury could have found that defendant was drinking in Redell’s Living Room Lounge in Waterloo, Iowa, on October 30, 1979. T. J. Wilder entered the bar and after a brief exchange of words, defendant produced a revolver…