State of Iowa
v.
Surfun Julise Boens
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Surfun Julise Boens
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Josh Irwin, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Paul D. Scott, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard at oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Ahlers and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, C.J. (8 pages)
A jury convicted Surfun Boens of first-degree murder. Boens appeals, contending that the court abused its discretion in granting the State’s motion to strike a prospective juror for cause. And he urges that the undeserved strike prejudiced him because the State gained disproportionate power to shape the jury’s composition—effectively exercising an extra peremptory challenge. He asks that we reverse his conviction and remand for a new trial. OPINION HOLDS: On this record, Boens has not established reversible error. So, we affirm.
