Court orders new trial in Wells shooting over dream testimony
Iowa Court of Appeals overturns Royal Nate Wells conviction for a 1986 Des Moines convenience store shooting. The ruling bars a witness who described a dream identifying Wells as the shooter, saying the dream testimony was prejudicial and not reliably linked to memory. A new trial is ordered, though one judge dissented urging weight of other evidence.
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Iowa Court Ends Alimony From Dead Husband Estate
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled alimony payments to a divorced wife from her deceased ex husband’s estate must end upon death. The decision overturned a Buchanan County judge who had allowed $100 monthly payments until remarriage or death.
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