Supreme Court of Iowa· 3/21/2008

State v. Abrahamson

Citations

746 N.W.2d 270
2008 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 48
2008 WL 747089

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considering the location of the code sections of the charged crimes in analyzing whether the offenses are the same
equating the analysis of a “wholly new or different” offense for purposes of amending a trial information with the “same offense” test for speedy trial purposes
applying a different test where the two charges were not based on different statutes but, instead, constituted two alternative ways of committing the same offense under a single statute
describing the “same offense” test as “focus[ing] on whether the two offenses are in substance the same, or of the same nature, or same species, so that the evidence which proves one would prove the other” (cleaned up)
“The legislature’s failure to amend the statute to enumerate multiple offenses suggests our understanding of the statute comports with the intent of the drafters.”
“The legislature’s failure to amend the statute to enumerate multiple offenses suggests our understanding of the statute comports with the intent of the drafters.”

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Judges: Hecht, Streit

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