State of Iowa
v.
Jeffrey Lynn Winters
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jeffrey Lynn Winters
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester and Douglas D. Hammerand, Assistant Attorneys General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stephan J. Japuntich, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Kossuth County, Carl J. Petersen, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by May, P.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (24 pages)
Jeffrey Winters appeals his conviction following a jury trial in which he was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Winters argues the district court abused its discretion in declining to strike two potential jurors for cause and when it overruled his motion for a mistrial following certain questioning by the prosecution implicating his right to remain silent. Winters also asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdict. OPINION HOLDS: Upon our review, we find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s refusal to strike the jurors and in denying Winters’s motion for a mistrial. The record contains substantial evidence to support the jury’s verdict. Accordingly, we affirm.
