Supreme Court of Iowa· 1/14/1981

State v. Amsden

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300 N.W.2d 882
1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 859

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holding the trial court should have submitted the aggregation question to the jury rather than deciding the issue itself
defining “series” in another statute to mean “a group of usually three or more things or events standing or succeeding in order and having a like relationship to each other” (cleaned up)
defining series as “a group of (usually) three or more things or events standing or succeeding in order and having a like relationship to each other” (quoting Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 2073 (1976))
finding the jury should have been instructed on the joinder of a series of acts in a theft case when the prosecution charged the defendant with one count of first-degree theft based on five separate acts, even though Iowa Code section 714.2 refers only to the “theft of property”
finding the jury should have been instructed on the joinder of a series of acts in a theft case when the prosecution charged the defendant with one count of first-degree theft based on five separate acts, even though Iowa Code section 714.2 refers only to the “theft of property”
similar problem with crime of theft

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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, Harris, Allbee, McGiverin

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