Supreme Court of Iowa· 3/3/2006

State v. Keeton

Citations

710 N.W.2d 531
2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 30
2006 WL 508369

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deciding multiple actions and inferences supported finding of intent element of assault
accepting description of assault as “a direct, ineffectual act toward the commission of a battery”
walking toward clerk with outstretched hand, but pulling hand back to chest before making contact
upholding robbery conviction where defendant was trying to leave the store and clerk struggled to wrest the cash from his grip
deemphasizing the “label attached to the offense” if the State can prove “the mens rea required by the statute”
acknowledging regardless of the specific label attached—specific intent or general intent—the State must prove the elements of the crime and their accompanying mens rea beyond a reasonable doubt

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