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· 5/4/1965

State v. Wharff

Citations

  • 134 N.W.2d 922
  • 257 Iowa 871
  • 1965 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 641

How courts have described this case

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  • statute prohibiting leaving “any place whatsoever in which he is placed or to which he is directed to go” constitutes escape; intent need not be shown
  • intoxication characterized as an affirmative defense

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Judges: Garfield, Hats, Larson, Moore, Peterson, Snell, Stuart, Thompson, Thornton

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