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State v. Duncan

Citations

  • 710 N.W.2d 34
  • 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 22
  • 2006 WL 358232

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding admission of bad acts is not prejudicial where the same evidence was central to the defense trial strategy
  • stating that preclusion of inconsistent positions is a “common sense rule, designed to protect the integrity of the judicial process” that can be raised by the court on its own motion
  • stating that “preclusion of inconsistent positions” prevents “[a] party who has ... assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings” from assuming “a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party”
  • providing a party with knowledge of the facts is precluded from taking inconsistent positions in judicial proceedings to the prejudice of the adverse party
  • noting on an issue of prosecutorial misconduct that “[b]ecause no such objection was made to this testimony, the claimed error was not preserved”
  • noting on an issue of prosecutorial misconduct, “[b]ecause no such objection was made to this testimony, the claimed error was not preserved”

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Judges: Lavorato

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