STATE v. JESPERSEN

No. 84-417.

360 N.W.2d 804 (1985)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Michael E. JESPERSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Dixon and Garold F. Heslinga of Heslinga & Heslinga, Oskaloosa, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Sherie Barnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Paul M. Goldsmith, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Justice.

Defendant Michael E. Jespersen appeals his conviction for the first-degree murder of Jeffrey Woollums in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2(1) (1983). We affirm.

On appeal, defendant contends (1) that the trial court erred in overruling his hearsay objection to certain testimony by a State witness; and (2) that the State presented insufficient evidence to support his conviction for first-degree murder.

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