Supreme Court of Iowa· 1/24/1990

State v. Mitchell

Citations

450 N.W.2d 828
1990 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 11
1990 WL 5269

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noting that “[cjourts in Iowa and elsewhere have found evidence of suicide attempts relevant to show the defendant’s consciousness of guilt”
recognizing if nonhearsay statements are used to prove responsive conduct, such conduct must be relevant to some aspect of State’s case
finding that admission of evidence of suicide attempt after arrest did not constitute abuse of discretion
holding the defendant’s attempted suicide after the crime was admissible to show consciousness of guilt when the defendant and victim had such disparate views of the same incident
holding second-degree sexual abuse is a lesser-included offense of first-degree kidnapping
affirming admittance of a non-party’s out-of-court statement that was offered to explain the responsive conduct of the victim, not to prove the truth of non-party’s statement

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Judges: McGiverin, Carter, Lavorato, Neuman, Andreasen

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