State of Iowa
v.
Gregg Eugene Winterfeld
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Gregg Eugene Winterfeld
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas E. Bakke, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Priscilla E. Forsyth
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Sioux County, Jeffrey A. Neary, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Greer, P.J., Chicchelly, J., and Danilson, S.J. Opinion by Greer, P.J. (15 pages)
Gregg Winterfeld appeals his conviction for second-degree murder. He argues the district court wrongly allowed the State to enter voicemails from his phone as evidence and the State provided insufficient evidence to prove Winterfeld was not acting in self-defense. OPINION HOLDS: The voicemails were not hearsay and the district court did not commit reversible error in admitting them because, even if they were not relevant, the admission was not prejudicial to Winterfeld. We find sufficient evidence disproved Winterfeld’s self-defense claim.
