STATE v. LUDWIG

No. 63897.

305 N.W.2d 511 (1981)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ronald M. LUDWIG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Galvin of O'Brien & Galvin, Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Douglas F. Staskal and Roxann M. Ryan, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Richard D. Zito, Asst. Osceola County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and LARSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of two counts of arson, in violation of former sections 707.2 and 707.4, The Code 1977. He asserts he was prejudiced by a jury instruction on the credibility of witnesses. He also contends trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to imprisonment. We affirm.

November 28, 1977, defendant was charged by trial information with three counts of arson after...

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