Supreme Court of Iowa· 8/25/1982
State v. Morrison
Citations
- 323 N.W.2d 254
- 1982 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1466
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defining an abuse of discretion as “one clearly against the logic and effect of facts and circumstances before the court” (emphasis added) (quoting Best v. Yerkes, 77 N.W.2d 23, 32 (Iowa 1956))
- noting the “seriousness of the offense is an important sentencing consideration”
- abuse of sentencing court’s discretion found only where court acts on clearly untenable grounds or to clearly unreasonable extent
- “The offense was more serious because defendant was a judge than it would otherwise have been.”
- \The offense was more serious because defendant was a judge than it would otherwise have been.\
- “probation may be refused when it would unduly depreciate the seriousness of the crime”
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Judges: Reynoldson, Harris, McCormick, Larson, Schultz
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61 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. MyersSupreme Court of Iowa· 1986-02-19· cited 184×
- Vaughan v. Must, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-01-17· cited 80×
- State v. PappasSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-08-17· cited 66×
- Briner v. HyslopSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-08-17· cited 65×
- State v. HalsteadSupreme Court of Iowa· 1985-02-13· cited 59×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa· 1994-03-23· cited 53×
- Hubby v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-03-16· cited 51×
- State v. HallockCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2009-01-22· cited 49×
- State v. SchulerSupreme Court of Iowa· 2009-09-04· cited 49×
- State of Iowa v. Peter Kelly LongSupreme Court of Iowa· 2012-06-08· cited 46×
- Lynch v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa· 1990-12-19· cited 44×
- State v. HainesSupreme Court of Iowa· 1985-01-16· cited 43×
- Sheer Construction, Inc. v. W. Hodgman & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-11-24· cited 42×
- Simon Seeding & Sod, Inc. v. Dubuque Human Rights Commission and Jermaine StapletonSupreme Court of Iowa· 2017-05-19· cited 35×
- Miller v. BonarSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-08-17· cited 34×
- State v. BrumageSupreme Court of Iowa· 1989-01-25· cited 30×
- State v. CooperCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1987-02-25· cited 29×
- State v. TeetersSupreme Court of Iowa· 1992-07-22· cited 29×
- Mays v. C. Mac Chambers Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-09-23· cited 26×
- State v. RamirezSupreme Court of Iowa· 1987-02-18· cited 25×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Best v. YerkesSupreme Court of Iowa· 1956-05-09· cited 116×
- State v. DvorskySupreme Court of Iowa· 1982-07-21· cited 66×
- State v. McKeeverSupreme Court of Iowa· 1979-03-21· cited 47×
- State v. BuckSupreme Court of Iowa· 1979-02-22· cited 41×
- State v. WarnerSupreme Court of Iowa· 1975-05-21· cited 34×
- Jacobsen Ex Rel. Jacobsen v. GamberSupreme Court of Iowa· 1957-11-12· cited 33×
- State v. WelshNebraska Supreme Court· 1979-01-30· cited 8×
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