Supreme Court of Iowa· 5/21/1980

State v. Conner

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292 N.W.2d 682
1980 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 864

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holding that the \General Assembly intended to preserve the common law requirement of recklessness in ... involuntary manslaughter\ because only then \is the legislative scheme of sanctions commensurate to culpability carried forward\
explaining that our case law requires the State prove the defendant acted recklessly as an element of manslaughter to ensure that the “gradation of culpability” within our homicide law is “commensurate with the gradation of punishment”
stating the recklessness requires a “subjective awareness of the risk, although usually determined 9 objectively”
stating the requirement the State prove the defendant had a subjective awareness of the risk of the proscribed harm distinguishes criminal liability from civil liability
applying the canon of statutory construction that “a 20 construction resulting in unreasonableness as well as absurd consequences will be avoided” (quoting Janson v. Fulton, 162 N.W.2d 438, 442 (Iowa 1968))
to discern intent, it is necessary to examine the whole act of which the statutory provision in question is a part

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Judges: Allbee, Legrand, Rees, Harris, Reynoldson, Larson, McCormick, Uhlenhopp, McGive-rin

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