The Iowa Court of Appeals is celebrating an anniversary this month. Forty years ago five judges appointed to the new court by Gov. Robert D. Ray began hearing cases to relieve the growing workload of the Iowa Supreme Court.
The Legislature’s creation of t …
Two men who say they were wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in connection with a beating death in Des Moines want the Iowa Supreme Court to vacate their convictions or order new trials.
James Shorter and Yarvon Russell were convicted by a Polk Cou …
If you plead guilty to a criminal charge can you later claim you are in fact innocent after your accuser recants his testimony?
That question will be before the Iowa Supreme Court in Schmidt v. Iowa this term.
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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 …
Rosemary Shaw Sackett, former Chief Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals, died Sept. 2 in Okoboji. A graveside service is scheduled for Sept. 24 in Spirit Lake.
Sackett was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals by Gov. …
The Iowa Supreme Court begins its 2022-23 term with the first round of oral arguments scheduled for Sept. 14 and 15.
Oral arguments held in the Supreme Court Courtroom in the Judicial Branch Building in Des Moines are open …
Two Des Moines police detectives are not entitled to qualified immunity from civil liability for violating the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman who resisted their efforts to have access to her minor daughter suspected of being the victim of physical abuse, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
…Court of Appeals Judge David May elevated to Iowa Supreme Court by Governor Reynolds
Judge David May, who describes himself as a “regular person” who received “extraordinary blessings,” has risen to the pin
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