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State v. Hickman

Citations

  • 623 N.W.2d 847
  • 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 53
  • 2001 WL 274798

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding “purposely inflicts ... serious injury” and “intended to cause,.... serious injury” convey the same specific intent such that it is impossible to com'mit one without the other
  • explaining the test is purely a review of the legal elements and does not consider the facts of a particular case
  • explaining the “willful-injury statute” required the State to prove “the defendant intended to cause serious injury to the victim (specific intent)”
  • describing the legal impossibility test and applying it to merge crimes of first-degree robbery and willful injury
  • explaining the test is purely a review of the legal elements and does not consider the facts of a particular case
  • finding willful injury offense must merge with first-degree robbery because the intent of “purposely inflicts . . . a serious injury” is synonymous with “intended to cause . . . serious injury”

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Judges: Larson

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