State of Iowa
v.
Markell Dishe Price
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Markell Dishe Price
Attorney for the Appellee
Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Jason Dunn
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. (9 pages)
Markell Price appeals from his convictions of second-degree murder and third-degree robbery. Price challenges (1) the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions, (2) the district court’s evidentiary ruling excluding a 911 call in which another person made incriminating statements about the murder, and (3) the court’s denial of his Batson challenge when the State used a peremptory strike on a Black potential juror. OPINION HOLDS: Price failed to preserve error on either his sufficiency-of-the-evidence claims or his evidentiary challenge, so we do not reach the merits of those issues. On de novo review, we affirm the district court’s denial of Price’s Batson challenge. We affirm both of Price’s convictions.
