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· 11/23/1977

State v. Chatterson

Citations

  • 259 N.W.2d 766
  • 1977 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 947

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting “intent is seldom capable of direct proof, but may be shown by reasonable inferences drawn from the facts established”
  • noting as a whole, instructions properly set out the elements of the crime, and the use of the phrase “ ‘a felony,’ though redundant, was merely a contemporary characterization of the statutory crime ... [and] was nothing more than harmless excess verbiage”
  • assault with intent to maim

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Judges: Harris, McCORMICK, Moore, Rawl-Ings, Rawlings, Rees

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