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State of Iowa
v.
Joshua Russell Guill
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Joshua Russell Guill
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester and Denise Timmins, Assistant Attorneys General
Attorney for the Appellant
Melinda J. Nye, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Decatur County, Dustria A. Relph, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Mullins, J., and Potterfield, S.J. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (8 pages)
Joshua Guill appeals his conviction for second-degree murder, contending that (1) the district court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of his two younger brothers, who were slated to testify to his “non-violence and patience as a caregiver as they were growing up,” (2) the district court erred in refusing to give a jury instruction on prior inconsistent statements under oath, and (3) his trial attorney was ineffective in failing to object to a jury instruction stating that the jury could consider his out of court statements “just as if they had been made at this trial.” OPINION HOLDS: We affirm.
