• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Court says grainy video enough evidence to convict Black Hawk County man

Court says grainy video enough evidence to convict Black Hawk County man

August 7, 2013 By Dar Danielson

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled surveillance video didn’t have to be sharply focused to support a Black Hawk County man’s conviction on a burglary and firearm charge. Dwight May was found guilty in June of last year of breaking into a coworker Michael McSwain’s car at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo and stealing a handgun.

And along with that was convicted of being a felon in possession of a handgun. McSwain had planned to sell the gun to May, but decided not to after he learned May was a convicted felon.

Surveillance video from the plant showed May leaving and later returning around the time of the car break-in. Another camera showed grainy video of someone wearing a uniform like the one May wore smashing the window of the car. May appealed his conviction saying the grainy video was not sufficient evidence to convict him.

The appeals court agreed with May that the video footage is not clear enough to identify him as the burglar, but said it does narrow the field of suspects to someone like May who wore orange gloves and a white hard. And the court said the other video provided strong enough circumstantial evidence to show May’s whereabouts during the crime and there was no reason to overturn the jury’s verdict.

See the complete ruling here: May ruling PDF

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News

Featured Stories

Governor signs child care expansion into law

Iowa seniors have until July 1 to apply for new property tax break

Smoke from distant fires creates colorful sunrise in Iowa

DOT’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division to merge into State Patrol

Iowa’s governor approves liability limits for trucking industry

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Cyclone Trio Invited to USA Basketball U19 Training Camp

Cameron Young to compete at the John Deere Classic

Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 5/29/23

Iowa AD Gary Barta announces retirement

Iowa to visit Creighton in Gavitt Tipoff Games

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC