Supreme Court of Iowa· 7/25/1979

State v. Cuevas

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282 N.W.2d 74
1979 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 962

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evidence of prior possession of murder weapon relevant in determining the identity of the person committing the crime
“Thus far we have fixed no specific period of years as a yardstick for measuring whether a witness’ felony conviction is admissible for impeachment.”
“While unlikely, the jury could have found defendant shot Weeks during a burglary without finding the shooting was intentional.”
possibility that jury could have disbelieved State’s witness on issue of defendant’s intent to murder justified inclusion of instruction on second-degree murder as well as first-degree felony murder

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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, McCormick, McGive-rin, Larson

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