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High court strikes 911 call requirement in self-defense jury instructions

High court strikes 911 call requirement in self-defense jury instructions

High court strikes 911 call requirement in self-defense jury instructions

Iowa high court issues coronavirus order

Iowa high court issues coronavirus order

Iowa high court issues coronavirus order

Jailhouse lawyer wins appeal filed before law barring self-pleading takes effect

Iowa appeals court: forensic interviewer may testify as expert without interviewing

Iowa appeals court: forensic interviewer may testify as expert without interviewing

Iowa appeals court: forensic interviewer may testify as expert without interviewing

Iowa appeals court: Former waitress did not "borrow" elderly ward's truck

Iowa appeals court: Former waitress did not "borrow" elderly ward's truck

Iowa appeals court: Former waitress did not "borrow" elderly ward's truck

Cedar Rapids Criminal Lawyer: No such thing as "pressing charges" in Iowa

Cedar Rapids Criminal Lawyer: No such thing as "pressing charges" in Iowa

Cedar Rapids Criminal Lawyer: No such thing as "pressing charges" in Iowa

Iowa Supreme Court orders review of child accuser's mental health records

Iowa Supreme Court orders review of child accuser's mental health records

Iowa Supreme Court orders review of child accuser's mental health records

Iowa high court upholds domestic abuse conviction

Iowa high court upholds domestic abuse conviction

Iowa high court upholds domestic abuse conviction

Iowa high court: Jail fees not subject to ability to pay

Iowa high court: Jail fees not subject to ability to pay

Iowa high court: Jail fees not subject to ability to pay

Iowa high court tosses 80 pounds of pot

Iowa high court tosses 80 pounds of pot

Iowa high court tosses 80 pounds of pot

Immigration status can inform sentencing, rules Iowa high court

Immigration status can inform sentencing, rules Iowa high court

Immigration status can inform sentencing, rules Iowa high court

Deferred Judgments: what they are not

Deferred Judgments: what they are not

Deferred Judgments: what they are not

Iowa high court: redo restitution

Iowa high court: redo restitution

Iowa high court: redo restitution

DUI Trainers: cite legal conduct to justify OWI stop

DUI Trainers: cite legal conduct to justify OWI stop

DUI Trainers: cite legal conduct to justify OWI stop

Iowa Supreme Court: net zero burglary sentence change, but redo restitution

Iowa Supreme Court: net zero burglary sentence change, but redo restitution

Iowa Supreme Court: net zero burglary sentence change, but redo restitution

Iowa high court: minimum court costs apply even on dismissed counts

Iowa high court: minimum court costs apply even on dismissed counts

Iowa high court: minimum court costs apply even on dismissed counts

Iowa High Court: Confirmatory Drug Test Required for Guilty Verdict

Iowa High Court: Confirmatory Drug Test Required for Guilty Verdict

Iowa High Court: Confirmatory Drug Test Required for Guilty Verdict

Is portable breath test really voluntary?

Is portable breath test really voluntary?

Is portable breath test really voluntary?

Iowa Supreme Court affirms heroin death conviction

Iowa Supreme Court affirms heroin death conviction

Iowa Supreme Court affirms heroin death conviction

Iowa appeals court: murder trial jury free to convict using "reasonably certain" medical e

Iowa appeals court: murder trial jury free to convict using "reasonably certain" medical e

Iowa appeals court: murder trial jury free to convict using "reasonably certain" medical e

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