Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/22/1997

State v. Milner

Citations

571 N.W.2d 7
1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 279
1997 WL 672143

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holding error was preserved when issue was raised at the earliest available opportunity and “the objectives of our error-preservation rules were accomplished”
stating the purpose of the earliest-opportunity rule “is to give notice to the court and opposing counsel at a time when corrective action is still possible”
noting error was preserved as the party “raised the constitutional issues at the earliest available opportunity”
addressing the merits of the claim where “[u]nder the circumstances of the case” the defendant “raised the constitutional issues at the earliest available opportunity”
noting the defendant preserved his challenge to the constitutionality of the statute when he raised it “at the earliest available opportunity”
stating “the First Amendment does not protect speech that constitutes a true threat” and, when interpreted as limited to true threats, section 712.8 is not overbroad

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Judges: McGiverin, Harris, Neuman, Andreasen, Ternus

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