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

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 appeals court affirms most of its previous 3-panel decision validating exclusion of expert testimony on issue of the "rarity"

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

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

Defendant argued evidence was insufficient to convict him of a violation of Iowa Code § 692A.105 because the statute only required him to no

The Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded for dismissal a jury verdict of guilty in an indecent exposure case. In State v. Lopez, Justice