STATE v. RIMMER

No. 13-1397.

877 N.W.2d 652 (2016)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Demetrius S. RIMMER, Appellee. State of Iowa, Appellant, v. Rona Murphy, Appellee. State of Iowa, Appellant, v. Melonicka Thomas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Alexandra Link , Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Walton , County Attorney, and Kelly Cunningham , Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and Vidhya K. Reddy , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellee Demetrius S. Rimmer.

Thomas J. O'Flaherty of O'Flaherty Law Firm, Bettendorf, for appellee Rona Murphy.

Jack E. Dusthimer , Davenport, for appellee Melonicka Thomas.


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