State v. Moore

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from judgment entered on jury verdict convicting him of first-degree murder, a violation of section 690.2, The Code 1975. We affirm.

May 20, 1976, the body of Terri Williams Moore was discovered near an interstate exit ramp near Lynnville. She had been shot in the head and back. During the investigation authorities discovered Terri at some time had undergone a sex-change operation. Investigation resulted in a murder charge against defendant Richard A. Moore, Terri’s husband of one week. Moore, arrested at his home in Colorado, was returned to Iowa…