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Pretextual stops are minor violation or equipment stops for which there is an ulterior law enforcement reason. Pretextual stops shake confid

The Iowa Legislature has approved, and the Governor has signed into law, a theft reclassification system that requires the State to prove higher values of theft when charging more serious offenses. For example, before July 1, 2019, the theft of anything with a value below $200 was a simple misdemeanor Theft in the Fifth Degree. Anything more than $200 allowed the prosecutor to seek indictable, serious misdemeanor theft charges against a defendant. That dividing line has been

The Iowa Legislature, in Senate File 589, has approved, and the Governor has signed into law, a criminal law bill that allows expungements o

The Iowa Supreme Court examined whether a motorist who breaks a traffic law may be stopped if the officer was motivated by "investigati

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

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