Court of Appeals of Iowa May 31, 1996, 95-0670 (State v. Pierson)

HABHAB, Presiding Justice.

Bennie Pierson, Jr., was charged with the murder of Michael Heiderseheit. Heider-scheit had died from severe blows to the head and was found at the Roller Dam in Cedar Rapids.

At Pierson’s jury trial, the State presented the following evidence. On September 16, Pierson came across his long-time acquaintance, Heiderseheit, at the Taco Kid restaurant in Cedar Rapids.