Supreme Court of Iowa· 5/13/1981
State v. Williams
Citations
- 305 N.W.2d 428
- 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 957
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding section 204.401(1) “is a [drug] trafficking statute providing for several means of its violation”
- amendment to delivery for profit and possession with intent to deliver controlled substance information, adding count of conspiracy to commit those acts, permissible
- defendant could not be sentenced on both conspiracy and the underlying substantive offense
- drug trafficking statute provides “several means of its violation,” not basis for separate offenses
- “Nevertheless, the effect of the amendment was not to add another offense but to merely add a new means of committing the same offense, drug trafficking, and is permissible . . . .”
- permitting amendment to drug-trafficking offense to add conspiracy alternative
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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, Harris, Allbee, Larson
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. MagheeSupreme Court of Iowa· 1997-11-26· cited 131×
- State v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Iowa· 1984-05-16· cited 41×
- State v. CorsiSupreme Court of Iowa· 2004-09-01· cited 31×
- State v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of Iowa· 2008-03-21· cited 29×
- State v. SchertzSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-02-16· cited 16×
- State v. ParrishSupreme Court of Iowa· 1993-06-16· cited 14×
- State v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1990-04-24· cited 13×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa· 1983-01-19· cited 9×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa· 1985-01-16· cited 7×
- Steinkuehler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1993-09-02· cited 5×
- State v. KinselCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1996-02-02· cited 5×
- State v. DraperSupreme Court of Iowa· 1990-06-20· cited 4×
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Iowa· 1999-01-21· cited 3×
- State of Iowa v. Richard Osmond McLachlan Jr.Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-10-01
- State of Iowa v. Laura Francine BatesCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-09-23
- Wayne M. Powell, Applicant-Appellant v. State of IowaCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-04-27
- State Of Iowa Vs. Michael Byron AbrahamsonSupreme Court of Iowa· 2008-03-21
- State of Iowa v. Jameesha Renae AllenCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2021-01-21
- State of Iowa v. James Paul VandermarkSupreme Court of Iowa· 2021-10-22
- State of Iowa v. Jameesha Renae AllenSupreme Court of Iowa· 2021-10-22
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