Man To Be Resentenced For Role in Robbery and Murder

The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a man serving 35 years in prison for his involvement in a Dubuque-area robbery and killing must be resentenced. 34 year old Eric Campbell Jr. was convicted in 2018 of voluntary manslaughter and first-degree robbery. The charges were in relation to the April 2016 robbery and fatal shooting of 21 year old Collin Brown in a Key West mobile home park. Campbell and two other men, 22 year old Imere Hall and 23 year old Tacari Minifee were robbing Brown at gunpoint in his mobile home when Brown fled and was shot by Minifee. Campbell initially was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary, but jurors found him guilty of the lesser charge in relation to Brown’s death. In April 2018, Judge Thomas Bitter sentenced Campbell to 10 years in prison for the manslaughter conviction and 25 years in prison for the robbery conviction. The sentences were to run concurrently, for a total of 35 years. Campbell appealed on several grounds, arguing that prosecutors offered inadequate evidence for a conviction. Campbell’s convictions stand. However, he must be resentenced, according to the ruling.