Matter of Vallecillo v. Annucci

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that when a defendant is convicted of two counts of the same offense the question is whether the defendant committed two separate acts that would constitute that offense
• discussing whether a factual basis existed for two separate counts under Iowa Code section 708.4(1)
• noting “[w]e have previously used a break-in-the-action test to determine if separate acts have been committed”
• discussing whether a factual basis existed for two separate counts under Iowa Code section 708.4(1)
• using the completed-acts test and the break-in-the-action test in determining the defendant committed “at least two” acts of willful injury causing serious injury
• discussing the importance of the legislature’s use of the phrase “an act” to denote the unit of prosecution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).