State of Iowa
v.
Stephen Robert Jonas
Defendant appealed from the district court judgment and sentence entered on his conviction of second-degree murder. Defendant contended: (1) the court erred in overruling his motion to strike a biased juror for cause; (2) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of second-degree murder; and (3) defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel and a fair trial by his counsel’s failure to object to instances of prosecutorial misconduct. The court of appeals affirmed and defendant seeks further review on the issue concerning the juror. Defendant requests the court overrule State v. Neuendorf, 509 N.W.2d 743 (Iowa 1993), and hold that prejudice is presumed when a defendant is compelled to use a peremptory strike to remove a juror from the panel who should have been struck for cause.
Resister
State of Iowa
Applicant
Stephen Robert Jonas
Attorney for the Resister
Linda J. Hines
Attorney for the Applicant
Robert P. Ranschau
Supreme Court
Oral Argument Schedule
15-15-5
Sep 13, 2017 1:30 PM
