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· 3/21/1990

State v. Dallen

Citations

  • 452 N.W.2d 398
  • 1990 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 61
  • 1990 WL 32188

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding the State presented sufficient evidence to permit the jury to find a BB gun was a dangerous weapon
  • concluding a CO2-powered BB that shot pellets with enough velocity to pierce skin and cause bleeding was a “dangerous weapon”
  • holding a firearm that shoots either BBs or pellets constitutes a dangerous weapon
  • finding sufficient evidence was presented for jury to conclude a BB gun was a dangerous weapon
  • noting that while a motion in arrest of judgment may be filed after a verdict of guilty, the motion in usually made to challenge the adequacy of a guilty plea and may not be used to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence
  • “[R]eview of the sufficiency of the evidence is applicable ... to the motion for a new trial.”

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Judges: Harris, Schultz, Lavorato, Snell, Andreasen

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