Heemstra Case

In the Heemstra case the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the Felony Murder Rule could not be used it the felony was not a seperate crime from the murder. For more information on this case click on the link provided.

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This entry was written by admin, posted on September 13, 2008 at 11:42 am, and filed under Heemstra and tagged .

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  1. By Politics & Legislative Issues » Blog Archive » The Heemstra Murder Trial on November 11, 2008 at 10:24 am

    [...] Heemstra was convicted of first degree murder for the killing of Tom Lyon in January of 2003. Rodney [...]

  2. By The Heemstra Murder Trial | Kram Koob on November 12, 2008 at 9:07 am

    [...] I would say that this case is definitely not a case of pure self defense because of the actions of Heemstra after the killing and comments that he made to the police after he was arrested like “I shot a [...]

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