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Iowa High Court: Future crime objection too late

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

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Iowa appeals panel affirms police officer's jury conviction for on the job sex abuse

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

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Round 2 on Mom Abuse Rarity Appeal

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

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Past abuse, expert opinion about "rare" mom abuse properly excluded, court says

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

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"Willing" Confession Not Entitled to Miranda warning, says Appeals Court

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

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Iowa Supreme Court: Allegedly false reports after guilty verdict discoverable in bid for new sex abu

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

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Double jeopardy: 'accidental' probationer gets 4 years credit against corrected prison

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

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Iowa Supreme Court: New lodging starts clock on 5-day sex offender registry update, not five full da

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