State of Iowa
v.
Dobol Rial Koat
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Dobol Rial Koat
Attorney for the Appellee
Kyle Hanson, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Shellie L. Knipfer, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Greg W. Steensland and Michael Hooper, Judges. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (19 pages)
Dobol Koat appeals his conviction for murder in the first degree. Koat advances three arguments on appeal. First, he argues the district court wrongfully denied suppression of statements made during two of three interrogations. Second, he claims the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to sustain a conviction. And, third, he asserts that the district court erred by allowing irrelevant evidence into trial. OPINION HOLDS: The district court suppressed statements made during Koat’s first interrogation. But because the two subsequent interrogations were not continuations of the first, those additional statements were admissible. And these statements, along with other circumstantial evidence, were sufficient to support Koat’s conviction. Finally, because the complained of evidence touched on premeditation, it was relevant and properly admitted. We affirm.
