Conviction in Masonville Staying Upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the 1975 and 1977 murder convictions of Dennis E. Fisher for the Howard Miller killing near Masonville, rejecting claims the jury was misled about a plea deal involving Myra Miller Wolfe. The court noted evidence of the plea and Wolfe’s testimony. Fisher remains imprisoned at Fort Madison while pursuing postconviction relief.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Dennis E. Fisher
Fisher
Howard Miller
Masonville
Supreme Court
Miller
Myra Miller Wolfe
High Court
Myra Wolfe
Missouri
Howard
Myra Miller
Iowa
Iowa City man loses bid for new trial in sex case
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld Kevin Roy Christianson 29, of Iowa City, convicting him of two counts of second degree sexual abuse against the girlfriend’s children after he was found guilty in Johnson County District Court. A juror discussing a sexual attack on her son was deemed insufficient to show prejudice. Christianson remains imprisoned at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Kevin Roy Christianson
Cindia Dutton
Christianson
Iowa
Anamosa
Iowa High Court Reverses Indecent Exposure Ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a Dubuque County decision that the indecent exposure statute was too vague. The ruling sends the Richard Bauer case back for trial after he was charged with indecent exposure at the Dubuque Public Library.
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Iowa
Dubuque Public Library
Court upholds suppression of blood test in manslaughter case
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed Black Hawk County Judge Roger Peterson's ruling suppressing a blood alcohol test after the hospital destroyed the sample. Daniel Lyle Brown faced involuntary manslaughter charges from a 1981 fatal accident, with a 0.184 BAC reported but the test results likely not admissible at trial due to destroyed sample and the "medical" designation given to authorities.
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Black Hawk County
State Supreme Court
Roger Peterson
Daniel Lyle Brown
Brown
Peterson
Supreme Court upholds Davenport murder verdict in 1981 Bettendorf slashing
The Supreme Court rejects a claim that publicity denied a fair trial and affirms the murder conviction of Bernard Richard Hickman for the 24 year old Moline woman's slashing death at a Bettendorf Holiday Inn in 1981. Hickman received a life sentence in Scott County District Court and appealed seeking trial relocation.
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Supreme Court
Davenport
Moline, Ill
Bettendorf
Bernard Richard Hickman
Scott County District Court
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