Iowa Supreme Court 2016-17 Preview: Court asked to go further on juvenile sentences
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments this month in three cases that could add to a growing body of Iowa law regarding sentencing of juvenile criminal offenders.
In one case, the Court is urged to rule that the appellant’s mandatory minimum sentenc …
Police lights = Fourth Amendment seizure? Maybe
By Ryan Leemkuil
Would you feel free to drive away if a police officer pulled behind your parked car and turned on his cruiser’s emergency lights? Variants of this question were recently before the Iowa Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit, and …
Ninth Circuit says that Iowa and other states cannot sue California over henhouse rules
Mark Cady’s term as Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court renewed for another term
Iowa Supreme Court oral argument recap: Justices go hunting for the DNR’s legislative authority
Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court engaged in a lively exchange with lawyers Wednesday in a case involving the extent of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ authority to protect deer from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
Tom and Rhonda Brakke closed t …
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Iowa Supreme Court says convicted child abuser should get police reports that could help him win a new trial
A Black Hawk County man convicted of sexually abusing his granddaughter should have access to police reports that could undermine the credibility of his accuser, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled …
Iowa Supreme Court’s sex-by-fraud decision comes down to the meaning of ‘consent’
The Iowa Supreme Court’s May 4 ruling upholding the sex-abuse conviction of a man who faked his identity turns on the question of consent. The question is not whether the woman consented to having sex, however, but the question is with whom.
Michael Kels …
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and U.S. Attorney General Sessions on the program for Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines
Iowa lawyers and judges attending the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines Aug. 15-17 will have an opportunity to hear from three major newsmakers in the legal world.
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was assigned by Chief J
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Iowa’s Supreme Court justices unanimous in a juvenile-sentencing decision
Iowa’s Supreme Court justices are often divided in juvenile sentencing cases, but they found common ground in a decision handed down April 20: The State can prosecute a juvenile as young …
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