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· 5/21/1980

State v. Inger

Citations

  • 292 N.W.2d 119
  • 1980 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 865

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Reynoldson, Rees, Harris, McGiverin, Larson

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