Supreme Court of Iowa· 7/15/1981
State v. Miller
Citations
- 308 N.W.2d 4
- 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1001
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding actual knowledge of accident is required, but noting that knowledge is seldom capable of direct proof and usually is established from the circumstances
- stating proof of the defendant’s “actual knowledge” of the accident is an essential element of the crime that may be established from direct proof or. “surrounding circumstances”
- holding actual knowledge of the accident is required
- “Knowledge or intent is seldom capable of direct proof, but usually is established from the surrounding circumstances.”
- defendant’s knowledge of the accident an implied element in statute requiring driver involved in accident resulting in injury or death to stop and remain at scene
- stating knowledge may be inferred from circumstances
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, Harris, Allbee, Larson
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. MillsapSupreme Court of Iowa· 2005-09-02· cited 96×
- State v. VelaWashington Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 70×
- Eggman v. ScurrSupreme Court of Iowa· 1981-10-21· cited 50×
- State v. MancusoSupreme Court of Florida· 1995-03-16· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. KauffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-24· cited 27×
- State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-05-18· cited 27×
- State v. TennantWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-12· cited 21×
- Pardo v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 2017-04-26· cited 21×
- Comstock v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-09· cited 19×
- State of Florida v. Zachariah DorsettSupreme Court of Florida· 2015-02-26· cited 16×
- Micinski v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals· 1985-06-27· cited 7×
- Cahours v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-26· cited 6×
- Krueger v. NoelSupreme Court of Iowa· 1982-04-21· cited 5×
- Gaulden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-17· cited 5×
- State of Iowa v. Zyriah SchlitterCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-10-29
- State of Iowa v. Leah Marie SwiftCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2023-03-29
- State of Iowa v. Gerry Harland GreenlandCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2024-01-24
- Jason P. Brown v. The People of the State of ColoradoSupreme Court of Colorado· 2026-06-23
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1952-01-07· cited 3,056×
- People v. HolfordCalifornia Supreme Court· 1965-06-28· cited 96×
- People v. NunnIllinois Supreme Court· 1979-10-19· cited 92×
- Kimoktoak v. StateAlaska Supreme Court· 1978-09-01· cited 81×
- State v. ConnerSupreme Court of Iowa· 1980-05-21· cited 60×
- State v. KernesSupreme Court of Iowa· 1978-02-22· cited 28×
- State v. SnellNebraska Supreme Court· 1964-06-12· cited 28×
- State v. WallSupreme Court of Kansas· 1971-03-06· cited 27×
- State v. DrummerSupreme Court of Iowa· 1962-10-16· cited 26×
- State v. FeintuchNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1977-06-06· cited 17×
- State v. LemmeSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-08-02· cited 17×
- State v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Iowa· 1971-09-27· cited 14×
- State v. BahlSupreme Court of Iowa· 1976-05-19· cited 10×
- State v. ChristopherSupreme Court of Iowa· 1970-05-05· cited 10×
- State v. SebbenSupreme Court of Iowa· 1971-04-09· cited 10×
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