State of Iowa
v.
Charles Andrew Tewes
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Charles Andrew Tewes
Attorneys for Appellee
Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General
Attorneys for Appellant
Jack Bjornstad
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dickinson County, David C. Larson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Tabor and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (11 pages)
Charles Tewes appeals his conviction for eluding a law enforcement vehicle. He claims the district court abused its discretion in failing to grant his motion for mistrial based on the State’s attempts to introduce evidence of Tewes’s prior bad acts when such evidence had been ruled inadmissible via a pretrial order in limine. OPINION HOLDS: Lack of prejudice causes us to conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Tewes’s mistrial motion.
