State of Iowa
v.
Travis Raymond Wayne West
Appellant seeks further review of a court of appeals decision holding his conviction for delivery of a controlled substance (heroin) did not merge with the conviction for involuntary manslaughter by delivery of a controlled substance.
Resister
State of Iowa
Applicant
Travis Raymond Wayne West
Attorney for the Resister
Darrel L. Mullins
Attorney for the Applicant
Nan Jennisch
Supreme Court
Oral Argument Schedule
15-15-5
Jan 23, 2019 1:30 PM
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert J. Blink, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. Special concurrence by Doyle, J. (12 pages)
Travis West appeals his convictions for involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance, raising claims of insufficiency of the evidence, abuse of the trial court’s discretion in admitting certain evidence, and failure by the trial court to merge the crimes charged at sentencing. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm West’s convictions for involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance. SPECIAL CONCURRENCE ASSERTS: I concur specially concur to question the propriety of the two-step analysis set forth in State v. Halliburton, 539 N.W.2d 339, 344 (Iowa 1995). However, I recognize that we are bound by precedent and must look to our supreme court to revisit the issue.