State v. Freeman

How courts have described this case

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

• mistake of fact is a defense to a crime of scienter or criminal intent where the mistake precludes the existence of the mental state necessary to commit the crime
• mistake of fact is a defense to a crime of scienter or criminal intent where the mistake precludes the existence of the mental state necessary to commit the crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Babers
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-03-23· cited 20×
• United States v. Brown
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-03-25· cited 15×
• State v. Henderson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-12-24· cited 9×
• In re H.E.W., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1995-01-23· cited 3×
• In the Matter of Hew
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1995-01-23
• State of Iowa v. Joseph Keith Pittman
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-02-11
• United States v. Dennis Brown
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-03-25
• State of Iowa v. Jason Levant Ferguson
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-03-05

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Eggman v. Scurr
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-10-21· cited 50×
• State v. Freeman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-06-28· cited 32×
• State v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-10-21· cited 28×
• State v. Osmundson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-05-19· cited 14×
• People v. Ernst
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-06-03· cited 6×
• State v. Marsh
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1984-07-12· cited 3×