State Supreme Court / Iowa

DeVoss v. State

Decided June 12, 2002. Louis A. Lavorato wrote the opinion for the court.

648 N.W.2d 56 · Cited 264 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Bensley v. State · 468 N.W.2d 444
Kriv v. Northwestern Securities Co. · 24 N.W.2d 751
State v. Howard · 509 N.W.2d 764
State v. Wissing · 528 N.W.2d 561
Jones v. State · 479 N.W.2d 265
Interstate Power Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America · 603 N.W.2d 751
Voss v. State, Iowa Department of Transportation · 553 N.W.2d 878
Israel v. Farmers Mutual Insurance Ass'n of Iowa · 339 N.W.2d 143
Winneshiek Mutual Insurance Association v. Roach · 132 N.W.2d 436
Bartels v. Cair-Dem, Incorporated · 124 N.W.2d 514
Krohn v. Judicial Magistrate Appointing Commission · 239 N.W.2d 562
Iowa Telephone Ass'n v. City of Hawarden · 589 N.W.2d 245
Regent Insurance Co. v. Estes Co. · 564 N.W.2d 846
Ledezma v. State · 626 N.W.2d 134
Molo Oil Co. v. River City Ford Truck Sales, Inc. · 578 N.W.2d 222
Osborn v. State · 573 N.W.2d 917
State v. Morgan · 559 N.W.2d 603
Aller v. Rodgers MacHinery Mfg. Co., Inc. · 268 N.W.2d 830
Fencl v. City of Harpers Ferry · 620 N.W.2d 808
State v. Bugely · 562 N.W.2d 173
State v. Hinkle · 229 N.W.2d 744
Grefe & Sidney v. Watters · 525 N.W.2d 821
Bugley v. State · 596 N.W.2d 893
Sievers v. Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. · 581 N.W.2d 633
Bailey v. Batchelder · 576 N.W.2d 334

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