State Supreme Court / Iowa

State of Iowa v. Dontay Dakwon Sanford

Decided June 22, 2012. Bruce B. Zager wrote the opinion for the court.

814 N.W.2d 611 · Cited 325 times

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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.

State v. Pace · 602 N.W.2d 764
State v. Newman · 313 N.W.2d 484
State v. Buss · 325 N.W.2d 384
State v. Keopasaeuth · 645 N.W.2d 637
State v. Williams · 695 N.W.2d 23
State v. Nitcher · 720 N.W.2d 547
State v. Shannon · 554 P.2d 743
State v. Williams · 409 N.W.2d 187
State v. Davis · 671 N.W.2d 28
State v. Newell · 710 N.W.2d 6
State Of Iowa Vs. Robert L. Hanes · 790 N.W.2d 545
State of Iowa v. Randy Scott Meyers · 799 N.W.2d 132
Toby Joseph Welch v. Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division · 801 N.W.2d 590
Mallory v. Paradise · 173 N.W.2d 264
State v. Lozier · 375 So. 2d 1333

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State of Iowa v. Isaiah Joshua Alexander · 853 N.W.2d 295
State of Iowa v. Brent Michael Romer · 832 N.W.2d 169
State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson · 837 N.W.2d 180
State of Iowa v. Vernon Lee Huser · 894 N.W.2d 472
State of Iowa v. Donald Benjamin Earl Reed · 875 N.W.2d 693
State of Iowa v. Tremayne Latoine Thomas · 847 N.W.2d 438
State of Iowa v. Patrick Edouard · 854 N.W.2d 421
State of Iowa v. Kenneth L. Lilly · 930 N.W.2d 319
State of Iowa v. Kent Anthony Tyler III · 873 N.W.2d 741
Amended August 21, 2014 Ned Chiodo v. The Section 43.24 Panel Consisting of: Secretary of State Matthew Schultz, Auditor of State Mary Mosiman and Attorney General Thomas Miller · 846 N.W.2d 845
State of Iowa v. Carlos Ariel Gomez Garcia · 904 N.W.2d 172
State of Iowa v. Antavieon Jackson · 918 N.W.2d 501

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