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State v. McKee

Citations

  • 312 N.W.2d 907
  • 25 A.L.R. 4th 1201
  • 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1092

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing the different “possible kinds of serious injury . . . included in the section 702.18 definition”
  • explaining that a red mark is “not a physical impairment per se but only evidence of such impairment”
  • concluding chronic menstrual irregularity and severe cramping as a result of sexual abuse was substantial enough to be an impairment
  • finding serious injury based on victim’s own testimony she suffered cramps that cause her to “double over in pain” despite gynecologist’s testimony that he found no evidence of physical damage to account for victim’s symptoms
  • adopting Model Penal Code and Commentaries section 210.0(2) definition of bodily injury
  • “[Tjhe procedures involved in giving additional instructions must take place in the presence of defendant and his attorney, unless such presence is waived.”

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Judges: Legrand, Harris, McCormick, Allbee, Larson

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