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· 12/24/1997

Schrier v. State

Citations

  • 573 N.W.2d 242
  • 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 361
  • 1997 WL 800406

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an applicant’s failure to file a PCR within three years deprives the court of authority to hear a case, but that a lack of authority can be waived by the State
  • holding that an applicant’s failure to file a PCR within three years deprives the court of authority to hear a case, but that a lack of authority can be waived by the State
  • stating that a court may lack authority to hear a particular case where a party fails to follow the statutory procedures for invoking the court’s authority
  • stating that “[t]he Iowa district court is a court of general jurisdiction”
  • stating the court cannot hear a particular appeal “where a party fails to follow the statutory procedures for invoking the court’s authority”
  • noting a failure to file a postconviction-relief action within the time prescribed by statute did not deprive the court of subject matter jurisdiction, instead implicating the court’s authority to hear the particular case which was waivable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Harris, Neuman, Snell, Andreasen, Ternus

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