By operation of tie vote, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a dismissal tax to pay for a defendant's public defender when her case was dismissed

US Supreme Court overturns non-unanimous jury verdicts finding they violate 6th Amendment.

Iowa Supreme Court today decided State v. Richard Leedom, reversing trial judge's denial of a judge-only review of child's mental re

The defendant felt strongly the court should include the requirement that the government disprove self-defense in the primary instruction on

September 6, 2019— In State v. Moore, the Iowa Supreme Court again reversed and remanded a criminal conviction for resentencing based on res

Mosley case stands for proposition that Burglary First in Iowa merges with assault causing bodily injury when defendant is charged with bodi

After an Iowa jury convicted defendant of voluntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance in heroin death, he appealed on doub

In State v. Tovar, a three judge panel of the Iowa Court of Appeals held evidence was sufficient for jury to convict a police officer for on

Iowa Supreme Court overturns punitive restitution award for stolen paperback study materials from truck driving school.

State's argument that DOT vehicle enforcement officers could, before amendment to statute, conduct traffic stops and make arrests falls

Iowa Court of Appeals affirms conviction for robbing and shooting fast food delivery driver with BB gun. Codefendant's told police defen

In Noll, Iowa Supreme Court reverses 3X third offender OWI sentence reserved for habitual felons holding habitual felon statute does not app

The Iowa Supreme Court today in State v. Benson ordered a new trial in a corporal punishment case holding the trial judge’s instructions con

Iowa Supreme Court reverses OWI (DUI) conviction after police stop a van driver who was merely related to someone suspected of ditching a ca

In State v. Knudsen, a 3-judge panel of the Iowa Court of Appeals examined whether a trial judge in a sex abuse case wrongly excluded eviden

The Iowa appeals court in Haase examined whether police seeking a warrant recklessly disregarded the truth by ignoring informant's alleg

Miranda requires that an interrogation target be "in custody" to get the warning. Otherwise, a defendant is not entitled to it. Co

Iowa Supreme Court holds that allegedly false sex abuse claims following a jury verdict of guilty are nevertheless discoverable in bid for n

In State v. Scott Jepsen, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded with directions to give an inmate credit for four years he mistakenly

Today the Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded a jury verdict of guilty for a new trial in a felony drunk driving case excluding as inad