Supreme Court of Iowa· 11/14/2008

State v. Mitchell

Citations

757 N.W.2d 431
2008 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 151
2008 WL 4891110

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holding an issue not ruled on by the district court is not preserved for appeal
holding defendant waived issue overlooked in ruling by not seeking to enlarge trial court’s findings
stating that “[a] party challenging the constitutionality of a statute must alert the court to what specific constitutional provisions are allegedly compromised by the statute.”
holding that when a defendant argues a constitutional violation, but the district court fails to address it, it is incumbent upon the defendant to “file a motion to enlarge the trial court’s findings or in any other manner have the district court address th[e] issue”
noting that under rational basis review, a classification need not be narrowly tailored
noting that under rational basis review, a classification need not be narrowly tailored

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Judges: Baker, Wiggins, Hecht

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