· 5/21/1980
State v. Inger
Citations
- 292 N.W.2d 119
- 1980 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 865
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that evidence the victim assaulted the defendant could establish serious provocation
- recognizing that evidence the victim assaulted the defendant could establish serious provocation
- recognizing that evidence the victim assaulted the defendant could establish serious provocation
- concluding the State presented sufficient evidence from which the jury could have found the trauma inflicted by defendant was the proximate cause of the victim’s death
- finding no abuse of discretion in imposing sentence, noting sentencing court considered nature of defendant’s criminal actions, defendant’s lack of remorse, and fact that victim died
- finding “[t]he jury could have believed there was serious provocation from an assault” that occurred just before the killing
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Judges: Reynoldson, Rees, Harris, McGiverin, Larson
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