Supreme Court of Iowa· 9/1/2004

State v. Young

Citations

686 N.W.2d 182
2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 234
2004 WL 1933620

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finding that factual possibility is unnecessary to find an act was in furtherance of the required specific intent necessary to support a conviction for attempted murder
discussing the defendant’s act of shooting rifle at deputy’s vehicle as “type of act that would further the specific intent to commit attempted murder”
describing elements as “(1) a specific intent to cause the death of another and (2) an overt act in furtherance of the required specific intent”
noting section 707.11 makes clear that it is “the actor’s expectation of the consequences of his or her act, not the probability of the act’s success” that establishes guilt for attempted murder
\To be guilty of attempted murder the statute requires (1) a specific intent to cause the death of another and (2) an overt act in furtherance of the required specific intent.\
requiring the interpretation of a statute in its entirety

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Judges: Wiggins, Larson

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