Supreme Court of Iowa· 5/22/1996

State v. Buchanan

Citations

549 N.W.2d 291
1996 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 289
1996 WL 284144

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holding statute criminalizing interference with official acts did not require intent to do further act or achieve some additional consequence
noting that “knowingly” and “intentionally” do not indicate specific intent
defining “knowledge” as “a conscious awareness,” and “knowingly” as “a knowledge of the existence of the facts constituting the crime” (citations omitted)
noting the knowing element denotes a general intent crime, as opposed to an “accident, mistake, carelessness, or absent-mindedness” on the part of the defendant (citation omitted)
finding 7 interference with official acts to be a general-intent crime and affirming a conviction when the defendant exited his home with a loaded gun while officers were investigating a disturbance
defining “knowledge” as “a conscious awareness,” and “[k]nowingly” as “a knowledge of the existence of the facts constituting the crime” (first quoting Iowa State Bar Ass’n, Iowa Criminal Jury Instruction 200.3 (1995

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Judges: Megiverin, Carter, Lavorato, Neuman, Andreasen

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