Supreme Court of Iowa· 11/13/2003

State v. Pickett

Citations

671 N.W.2d 866
2003 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 205
2003 WL 22669231

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finding practice of casting fault on the district court for failing to rule correctly on an issue as “fundamentally unfair” when the party did not give that court an opportunity to fix its mistake
finding DOS’s “administrative supervision of the defendant’s probation, checking for compliance and notifying the court when compliance was not forthcoming” to mean the defendant was “subject to supervision” within the meaning of section 905.14(1)
“[S]tatutes are interpreted in a manner to avoid absurd results and to avoid rendering any part of the enactment superfluous.” (internal citations omitted)
“[I]t is unfair to allow a party to choose to remain silent in the trial court in the face of error, taking a chance on a favorable outcome, and subsequently assert error on appeal if the outcome in the trial court is unfavorable.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Ternus, Wiggins

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