State of Iowa
v.
Dalton Wayne Cook
Defendant appealed from the judgment and sentence entered on his convictions of first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, and willful injury causing serious injury. Defendant contended: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for willful injury causing serious injury; and (2) the district court erred by failing to merge the willful injury and first-degree robbery convictions. The court of appeals affirmed. Defendant seeks further review.
Resister
State of Iowa
Applicant
Dalton Wayne Cook
Attorneys for the Resister
Thomas E. Bakke
Joshua A. Duden
Attorney for the Applicant
Denise M. Gonyea
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Sep 14, 2023 1:30 PM
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Wapello County, Joel D. Yates, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., Ahlers, J., and Doyle, S.J. Opinion by Doyle, S.J. (5 pages)
Dalton Cook appeals his conviction and sentence on a charge of willful injury causing serious injury. OPINION HOLDS: I. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to upholding the verdict, a reasonable fact finder could conclude Cook aided and abetted in the shooting that establishes Cook’s willful-injury conviction. II. We reject Cook’s claim that the district court imposed an illegal sentence by failing to merge his willful-injury and robbery convictions for the same reasons we rejected an identical claim raised on direct appeal by his codefendant.