State Supreme Court / Iowa

State v. Sweet

Decided May 27, 2016. Bruce B. Zager wrote the opinion for the court.

879 N.W.2d 811 · Cited 101 times

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State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null · 836 N.W.2d 41
State of Iowa v. Damion John Seats · 865 N.W.2d 545
State v. Lyle · 854 N.W.2d 378
State of Iowa v. Jeffrey K. Ragland · 836 N.W.2d 107
State of Iowa v. Desirae Monique Pearson · 836 N.W.2d 88
Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District · 466 Mass. 655
State v. Bruegger · 773 N.W.2d 862
State of Iowa v. Yvette Marie Louisell · 865 N.W.2d 590
Veal v. State · 298 Ga. 691
State of Iowa v. Archaletta Latrice Young · 863 N.W.2d 249
Bun v. State · 296 Ga. 549
Andrew Conley v. State of Indiana · 972 N.E.2d 864
State of Iowa v. Randall Lee Pals · 805 N.W.2d 767
State Of Iowa Vs. James Maximiliano Ochoa · 792 N.W.2d 260
State of Iowa v. Justin Dean Short · 851 N.W.2d 474
Daniel King v. State of Iowa · 797 N.W.2d 565
State v. Houston · 2015 UT 40
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
City of Sioux City v. Michael Jon Jacobsma · 862 N.W.2d 335
State v. Andrews · 329 S.W.3d 369
State of Iowa v. Stevie Dewayne Harrington · 805 N.W.2d 391
State of Iowa v. Lee Allen Breuer · 808 N.W.2d 195
State of Iowa v. Eric William Querrey · 871 N.W.2d 126

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State Of Washington v. Brian M. Bassett · 198 Wash. App. 714
State of Iowa v. Rene Zarate · 908 N.W.2d 831
State of Iowa v. Christopher Ryan Lee Roby · 897 N.W.2d 127
People v. Hyatt · 316 Mich. App. 368
State of Iowa v. Noah Riley Crooks · 911 N.W.2d 153
State v. Brown · 2018 Ohio 117
Julio Bonilla v. Iowa Board of Parole · 930 N.W.2d 751
State of Iowa v. Bradley Steven Graham · 897 N.W.2d 476
State of Iowa v. Keyon Harrison · 914 N.W.2d 178
State of Iowa v. Sayvon Andre Propps · 897 N.W.2d 91
State v. Bassett · 428 P.3d 343
State v. Williams-Bey · 144 A.3d 467
State of Iowa v. Wonetah Einfeldt · 914 N.W.2d 773
State of Iowa v. Khasif Rasheed White · 903 N.W.2d 331
Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt. · 163 A.3d 410
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr. · 898 N.W.2d 801
State of Iowa v. Scottize Danyelle Brown · 930 N.W.2d 840
State of Iowa v. Dale Dean Pettijohn Jr. · 899 N.W.2d 1
James Mark Taylor v. State of Iowa · 922 N.W.2d 104

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