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The Iowa Supreme Court has issued an order to limit the spread of coronavirus in the execution of the court's duties. Find out how it wi

The Iowa Supreme Court decided Gross, holding that the Sheriff can seek jail fees via civil judgment to avoid an ability-to-pay hearing.

Justice Mansfield writes in Valdez that sentencing courts can consider how immigration status affects other sentencing factors and thus immi

Iowa high court decides sobriety testing in patrol car sally port, or, garage, is not "place of detention" to trigger right to a p

Defendant in Gordon claimed due process violation when sentencing judge considered so-called sex abuse risk assessments like the STATIC99R a

Iowa Supreme Court rejects eluder's objection to restitution to pay for damages to police cars he says were damaged by their own actions

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

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

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

Iowa Supreme Court overturns asset freeze order, grants new trial in attempted murder case, directs that court allow defendant access to his

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