· 7/30/1976
State v. Nowlin
Citations
- 244 N.W.2d 591
- 1976 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1200
How courts have described this case
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- “Where both first and second-degree murder verdicts are submitted and a first-degree murder conviction is returned, there is no prejudice for failure to instruct on manslaughter.”
- “Where both first and second-degree murder verdicts are submitted and a first-degree murder conviction is returned there is no prejudice for failure to instruct on manslaughter.”
- no prejudice resulted where court instructed jury on first- and second-degree murder but not on lesser included offense of manslaughter and verdict for first-degree murder was returned
- where jury returned verdict of first-degree murder and court instructed jury on first- and second-degree murder failure to instruct on manslaughter was harmless error
- no prejudice resulted where court instructed jury on first and second-degree murder but not on lesser included offense of manslaughter and verdict for first-degree murder was returned
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Judges: Moore, Mason, Rawlings, Harris, McCor-mick
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