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State v. Schmidt

Citations

  • 312 N.W.2d 517
  • 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1091

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  • holding that counsel waived any error by “affirmatively stat[ing]—twice—that he had no objection to the very evidence whose admission he now says amounted to reversible error”
  • holding that counsel waived any error by “affirmatively stat[ing]—twice—that he had no objection to the very evidence whose admission he now says amounted to reversible error”
  • noting the “[d]efendant cannot have it both ways”; objecting to and then consenting to the damaging evidence does not preserve error for appeal
  • finding an evidentiary challenge waived and not preserved for appeal where defense counsel “affirmatively stated— twice—that he had no objection to the very evidence whose admission he now says amounts to reversible error”

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Judges: Legrand, Harris, McCormick, Allbee, Larson

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