State of Iowa
v.
Shane Michael Morris
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Shane Michael Morris
Attorney for the Appellee
Martha E. Trout, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Judith O'Donohoe
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Floyd County, James M. Drew, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Bower, C.J., and Ahlers and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Chicchelly, J. (21 pages)
Shane Michael Morris appeals his convictions for involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in death, alleging the district court: (1) erred by denying suppression of evidence, (2) abused its discretion in its discretionary ruling, (3) should have excluded the testimony of a State witness, (4) should not have excluded the testimony of a defense witness, and (5) abused its discretion in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal and new trial. OPINION HOLDS: Because the district court neither abused its discretion nor erred, substantial evidence supports the guilty verdicts, and the court used the proper standard in its ruling, we affirm Morris’s convictions for involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in death.
