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State of Iowa v. Randall Lee Pals

Decided October 28, 2011. Thomas D. Waterman wrote the opinion for the court.

805 N.W.2d 767 · Cited 252 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.

Whren v. United States · 517 U.S. 806
State v. Reinders · 690 N.W.2d 78
State v. Smith · 683 N.W.2d 542
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
State Of Iowa Vs. James Maximiliano Ochoa · 792 N.W.2d 260
State v. Robinette · 80 Ohio St. 3d 234
Benjamin Feld, Larry Feld, And Judith Feld Vs. Luke Borkowski · 790 N.W.2d 72
State v. Smith · 217 N.W.2d 633
State v. Lane · 726 N.W.2d 371
Brown v. State · 182 P.3d 624
People v. Caballes · 851 N.E.2d 26
State v. Carty · 790 A.2d 903
State v. Johnson · 346 A.2d 66
State v. Turner · 630 N.W.2d 601
State v. Jewett · 500 A.2d 233
State v. McClendon · 517 S.E.2d 128
Commonwealth v. Cleckley · 738 A.2d 427
State v. Reinier · 628 N.W.2d 460
Scott v. State · 782 A.2d 862
State v. Brown · 156 S.W.3d 722
State v. Jenkins · 3 A.3d 806
State v. Rodgers · 349 N.W.2d 453
State v. Cunningham · 2008 VT 43
State v. Osborne · 119 N.H. 427
State v. Ahern · 227 N.W.2d 164

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State of Iowa v. Jayel Antrone Coleman · 890 N.W.2d 284
State of Iowa v. Dale Dean Pettijohn Jr. · 899 N.W.2d 1
State of Iowa v. Tommy Tyler, Jr. · 830 N.W.2d 288
State of Iowa v. Scottize Danyelle Brown · 930 N.W.2d 840
State of Iowa v. Robert Dale Lowe, Jr. · 812 N.W.2d 554
State of Iowa v. Warren Anthony English · 919 N.W.2d 768
State v. Leaton · 836 N.W.2d 673
State of Iowa v. Justin Dean Short · 851 N.W.2d 474
State of Iowa v. Bion Blake Ingram · 914 N.W.2d 794
State of Iowa v. Isaac Andrew Baldon III · 829 N.W.2d 785
State of Iowa v. Zyriah Henry Floyd Schlitter · 881 N.W.2d 380
State of Iowa v. Jesse Michael Gaskins · 866 N.W.2d 1
State of Iowa v. Stephen Scott Prusha · 874 N.W.2d 627
State of Iowa v. Benjamin Joseph Lyon · 862 N.W.2d 391
State of Iowa v. William Arthur Dewitt · 811 N.W.2d 460
State of Iowa v. Carrie McIver · 858 N.W.2d 699
State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Dana Kurth · 813 N.W.2d 270
State of Iowa v. Craig E. Harrison · 846 N.W.2d 362
State of Iowa v. Marvis Latrell Jackson · 878 N.W.2d 422
State of Iowa v. Tanor D. Jimmison · 919 N.W.2d 767
State of Iowa v. Pedro Ibarra Murillo, Jr. · 922 N.W.2d 104
State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null · 836 N.W.2d 41
State of Iowa v. Bradley Elroy Wickes · 910 N.W.2d 554
State of Iowa v. Christine Ann Kern · 831 N.W.2d 149
State v. Sweet · 879 N.W.2d 811

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