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Case No. 21-1722

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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:
21-1722
Date Published:
Feb 08, 2023
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. 

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