State of Iowa, Appellee v. Stanley Alan Tribble, Appellant

Summary

The court held that the district court properly instructed the jury on felony murder because the evidence supported two separate acts: blunt-force trauma constituting willful injury causing serious injury and a later act of strangulation, choking, or drowning causing death. The court further held that felony murder remains applicable even if both acts contributed factually to the victim's death, so long as the separate act causing death was independently established. The court affirmed the court of appeals and the district court's judgment and sentence.