State of Iowa v. Joshua James Royer

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 15-0895 Filed November 9, 2016 STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JOSHUA JAMES ROYER, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, Mary Ann Brown, Judge. A defendant appeals his conviction for first-degree murder, challenging the court’s denial of his motion to strike two jurors for cause and the court’s admission of prior-bad-acts evidence. AFFIRMED. Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender, for…