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STATE v. PIERSON

No. 95-0670.

554 N.W.2d 555 (1996)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bennie PIERSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

May 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maggi Moss of Parrish, Kruidenier, Moss, Dunn, Montgomery & Thomas, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, Denver D. Dillard, County Attorney, and Harold Denton, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Heard by HABHAB, P.J., HUITINK, J., and McCARTNEY, Senior Judge.

HABHAB, Presiding Justice.

Bennie Pierson, Jr., was charged with the murder of Michael Heiderscheit. Heiderscheit had died from severe blows to the head and was found at the Roller Dam in Cedar Rapids.

At Pierson's jury trial, the State presented the following evidence. On September 15, Pierson came across his long-time acquaintance, Heiderscheit, at the Taco Kid restaurant in Cedar Rapids. Heiderscheit was an employee at Taco Kid and was there picking up...

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