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· 2/20/1991

State ex rel. Iowa Department of Human Services v. Duckert

Citations

  • 465 N.W.2d 871
  • 1991 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 19

How courts have described this case

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  • referring to the whole examination and the examination of the whole matter
  • “[I]t is only when it shall appear from such examination that an offense not cognizable -1- by a justice of the peace has been committed, and that there is probable cause to believe the prisoner guilty thereof, that he can be held for trial.”
  • The magistrate need not “nicely weigh evidence as a petit jury would, or . . . discharge the accused where there is a conflict of evidence, or where there is a reasonable doubt as to his guilt; all such questions should be left for the jury upon the trial.”

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Judges: Carter, Harris, Larson, Lavorato, Schultz

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