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State v. Schertz

Citations

  • 330 N.W.2d 1
  • 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1417

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  • holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a continuance where the State amended the information to add an alternative means of committing the crime of kidnapping
  • holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a continuance where the State amended the information to add an alternative means of committing the crime of kidnapping
  • holding court properly allowed amendment to allege different way to commit first-degree kidnapping
  • concluding ruling on motion was “largely a matter of trial court discretion”
  • upholding amendment adding torture as means of committing first-degree kidnapping, already charged under serious-injury alternative
  • allowing amendment to charge a different means of committing kidnapping in the first degree

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Judges: Legrand, McCormick, McGiverin, Larson, Schultz

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