Wife’s work to educate husband boosts alimony in Iowa case
In Des Moines the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Susan Janssen helped her husband obtain medical education and thus deserves higher alimony. The Madison County woman should receive 1000 dollars monthly for 11 years plus child support and property split, based on 16 years of marriage and her role in Gary Janssen’s career advancement.
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DES Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Madison County
Susan K. Janssen
Gary
Janssen
Osteopathic School
Winterset
Susan
Tama city worker's layoff upheld
Richard W. Barnes, former Tama public works director, lost his court appeal over a July 31 1981 layoff. The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a Tama District Court ruling that his confidential city relationship exempted him from veterans preference and justified the elimination of his position amid budget problems.
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Iowa Court of Appeals
Barnes
Castalia man’s conviction overturned for lack of proof
The Iowa Court of Appeals overturned Leroy Snyder’s conviction for possession of stolen property after finding no evidence the bracket involved was stolen. The item was allegedly on consignment at Schmitt Implement in Fort Atkinson and later found with Snyder after repair work in 1981.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Winneshiek County
Leroy Snyder
Castalia
Schmitt Implement
Fort Atkinson
Tom Hageman
Ossian
Snyder
New trial ordered in Woodbury County murder case
The Iowa Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Mark Harrington of Woodbury County. The panel ruled the jury that convicted him of second degree murder and willful injury should not have considered prior life events showing he shot his brother. Harrington was convicted in the Feb. 20 1982 fatal stabbing of Larry Johnson of Woodbury County.
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Woodbury County
DES Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Mark Harrington
Harrington
Larry Johnson
Kinzenbaw manslaughter conviction upheld by appeals court
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld Cedar Rapids man David R. Kinzenbaw's voluntary manslaughter conviction for the Oct 15 1981 shooting of his former girlfriend Danita Straw. The court found substantial evidence supporting the verdict and rejected his request for a new trial. Kinzenbaw, 33, remains serving a 10 year sentence at Anamosa reformatories.
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Straw
Kinzenbaw
Iowa State Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Doctor's testimony OK in C R sex case
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld Lu cious C. Prince's second degree sexual abuse conviction in a 4 to 2 ruling. The panel allowed a doctor to testify about his examination of an 11 year old girl, saying the physician explained the limits of the test and did not claim certainty about sexual abuse. Prince, 38, serves 25 years at Anamosa facility.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Lucious C. Prince
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Prince
Leo Oxberger
Oxberger
New trial granted in Dubuque sex case
The Iowa Court of Appeals granted a new trial for Marlin Mueller 43 of rural Benton Wisconsin serving 25 years for two counts of sexual abuse of his 3 year old son at a Dubuque residence in 1980 The court ruled a child psychologist testimony about conversations with the boy was unreliable and prejudicial Mueller is imprisoned at the Iowa State Men's Reformatory in Anamosa and could not be reached for comment.
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Iowa Court of Appeals
Marlin Mueller
Benton
Wis
Dubuque
Dubuque County
Mueller
Iowa State Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
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