State of Iowa
v.
Majestic Alexander Malone
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Majestic Alexander Malone
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester and Scott D. Brown, Assistant Attorneys General
Attorney for the Appellant
R.E. Breckenridge
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, Mark E. Kruse, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., May, J., and Potterfield, S.J. Opinion by Potterfield, S.J. (12 pages)
Majestic Malone appeals his convictions for second-degree murder and third-degree kidnapping, contending the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence and the court erred in denying his challenge to the State’s use of a peremptory challenge. OPINION HOLDS: Because the evidence does not preponderate heavily against the verdicts and because we give great deference to the district court’s finding that the State’s race-neutral reasons were not pretext, we affirm.
