STATE v. LYLES

No. 56845.

225 N.W.2d 124 (1975)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James Thomas LYLES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Hughes, Fulton & Hughes, West Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Haskins, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray Fenton, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, LeGRAND, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction by jury and sentence for larceny in the nighttime in violation of Code § 709.4. He contends the charge should have been dismissed because he was neither speedily charged nor speedily tried, and he alleges the trial court erred in instructing the jury regarding evidence he had prior felony convictions. We find no merit in his contentions and affirm the trial court.

Defendant was arrested May 9, 1973...

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