STATE v. ADERHOLDT

No. 95-457.

545 N.W.2d 559 (1996)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. John Thomas ADERHOLDT and Christopher Craig Thaemert, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Susan M. Crawford, Assistant Attorney General, Brent Symens, County Attorney, and Kathleen Selzler, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

John G. Sorensen, Clear Lake, and John L. Sesini of Brennan, Ramirez, Wilmouth & Sesini, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for appellee John Thomas Aderholdt.

James A. Clarity of Clarity Law Firm, Spirit Lake, and David Valentini of Valentini & Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellee Christopher Craig Thaemert.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

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