State Supreme Court / Iowa

State v. Ellis

Decided May 28, 1998. Arthur A. McGiverin wrote the opinion for the court.

578 N.W.2d 655 · Cited 232 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

State v. Tokatlian · 203 N.W.2d 116
State v. Robinson · 288 N.W.2d 337
Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199
State v. Dallen · 452 N.W.2d 398
State v. Schertz · 328 N.W.2d 320
United States v. Polin · 824 F. Supp. 542
State v. LaDouceur · 366 N.W.2d 174

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State v. Reeves · 670 N.W.2d 199
State v. Adney · 639 N.W.2d 246
State of Iowa v. Kenneth Osborne Ary · 877 N.W.2d 686
State v. O'Shea · 634 N.W.2d 150
State v. Serrato · 787 N.W.2d 462
State v. Shanahan · 712 N.W.2d 121
State v. Taylor · 689 N.W.2d 116
State v. Scalise · 660 N.W.2d 58
State v. Maxwell · 743 N.W.2d 185
State of Iowa v. Jonas Dorian Neiderbach · 836 N.W.2d 470
Phouc Nguyen v. State · 707 N.W.2d 317
State v. Wells · 738 N.W.2d 214
State v. Nitcher · 720 N.W.2d 547
State of Iowa v. James Alon Shorter · 893 N.W.2d 65
State v. Reeves · 636 N.W.2d 22
State v. Grant · 722 N.W.2d 645
State v. Sutton · 636 N.W.2d 107
David M. Powers v. State of Iowa · 911 N.W.2d 774
State of Iowa v. Timothy Michael Basquin · 918 N.W.2d 502
Derrick Steven Pena v. State of Iowa · 919 N.W.2d 635
State of Iowa v. Christopher Yenger · 919 N.W.2d 768

Explore from here

Arthur A. McGiverin’s Judicial Record · Iowa · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).