State of Iowa v. Joshua Ryan Carmody

What the court decided

Result: AFFIRMED

Joshua Carmody appeals his convictions for first-degree murder and first-degree burglary, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting both convictions and one of the jury instructions.

Holding: Because the evidence supports Carmody’s convictions and any error in instructing the jury was harmless, we affirm.

Read the opinion (PDF) · Case page on iowacourts.gov

Judges

• Written by Doyle, S.J.
• Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., Sandy, J., and Doyle, S.J.
• Trial judge: Lawrence P. McLellan, Polk County

Iowa Code it cites

§814.28

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