State v. Liggins

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the territorial principle is “preserved to some degree by the United States and Iowa Constitutions”
• observing that, if placed in issue by the proofs, the issue of territorial jurisdiction “is properly submitted at trial” and that “[t]he State is required to prove territorial jurisdiction beyond a reasonable doubt”
• declaring that the state must prove territorial jurisdiction beyond a reasonable doubt
• finding admission of evidence of cocaine delivery inherently prejudicial because “[i]t appeals] to the jury’s instinct to punish drug dealers”
• noting the court's \broad discretion in permitting demonstrative evidence to explain or illustrate the testimony of witnesses\
• noting the court’s “broad discretion in permitting demonstrative evidence to explain or illustrate the testimony of witnesses”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).