State of Iowa
v.
Donovan Mason Edwards
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Donovan Mason Edwards
Attorney for the Appellee
Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Eric Eshelman
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Odell G. McGhee II, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Mullins and Bower, JJ. Opinion by Mullins, J. (6 pages)
Donovan Edwards appeals his criminal conviction, contending the district court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial because the jury verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence. OPINION HOLDS: We are unable to say the evidence preponderates heavily against the jury’s finding of guilt. We therefore conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Edwards’s motion for a new trial on weight-of-the-evidence grounds. We affirm Edwards’s conviction.