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18 Iowa opinions name it 2 courts 1986–2020 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Iowa courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of Iowagreen2 sentences2020The diminished capacity instruction expressly mentioned first-degree murder, while the insanity instruction merely referred to “the crime charged.” 3The State’s position is not supported by Lamasters v. State, 821 N.W.2d 856 (Iowa 2012). 2020The diminished capacity instruction expressly mentioned first-degree murder, while the insanity instruction merely referred to “the crime charged.” 3The State’s position is not supported by Lamasters v. State, 821 N.W.2d 856 (Iowa 2012). | 3 | 5 |
State v. Gramenzgreen2 sentences2015Id.; see State v. Gramenz, 256 Iowa 134 , 138–39, 126 N.W.2d 285, 288 (1964). 2015Id.; see State v. Gramenz, 256 Iowa 134 , 138–39, 126 N.W.2d 285, 288 (1964). | 3 | 3 |
State v. Colegreen1 sentence2020In State v. Cole, we considered implied waiver in a case in which the defendant was asserting a diminished-capacity defense and held the defense waived the privilege. 295 N.W.2d 29, 35 (Iowa 1980) (en banc). | 1 | 1 |
State of Iowa v. John Arthur Wilsongreen1 sentence2018See State v. Wilson, 878 N.W.2d 203, 220 (Iowa 2016) (Waterman, J., concurring specially); 8 State v. Dye, No. 08-0887, 2009 WL 3337617, at *5 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 7, 2009) (finding attempts to clean up scene, flee the scene and elude police could be used to defeat a diminished capacity defense). | 1 | 1 |
State v. Dyegreen1 sentence2018See State v. Wilson, 878 N.W.2d 203, 220 (Iowa 2016) (Waterman, J., concurring specially); 8 State v. Dye, No. 08-0887, 2009 WL 3337617, at *5 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 7, 2009) (finding attempts to clean up scene, flee the scene and elude police could be used to defeat a diminished capacity defense). | 1 | 1 |
State of Iowa v. Craig Anthony Finneygreen1 sentence2017Finney, 834 N.W.2d at 55 (noting a challenge to the knowing and intelligent nature of a guilty plea focuses on the defendant’s “subjective state of mind”). | 1 | 1 |
Morris v. Slappygreen1 sentence2017He also claimed counsel “failed to investigate, fail[ed] to file pretrial motions to preserve evidence, interview witnesses, and to retain expert witnesses on psychotropic drugs and their effects.” 10 While the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to counsel, it does not guarantee “a meaningful relationship between an accused and his counsel.” Morris v. Slappy, 461 U.S. 1, 19 (1983). | 1 | 1 |
Roger B. Ennenga v. State of Iowagreen1 sentence2016See Ennenga v. State, 812 N.W.2d 696, 701 (Iowa 2012) (noting our standard of review and the applicant’s burden of proof in ineffective-assistance cases). | 1 | 1 |
Anfinson v. Stategreen1 sentence2016Rather, as the Iowa Supreme Court has recognized, the diminished-responsibility defense “permits proof of defendant’s mental condition on the issue of defendant’s capacity to form a specific intent in those instances in which the State must prove defendant’s specific intent as an element of the crime charged.” Lamasters v. State, 821 N.W.2d 856, 869 (Iowa 2012) (emphasis added).3 The defense “allows a defendant to negate the specific intent element of a crime by demonstrating due to some mental defect [he] did not have the capacity to form that specific intent.” Anfinson v. State, 758 N.W.2d 4 | 1 | 1 |
Taylor v. Stategreen1 sentence1988See Taylor, 352 N.W.2d at 685 . | 1 | 1 |
State v. Hickmangreen2 sentences1986State v. Hickman, 337 N.W.2d 512, 517 (Iowa 1983) (Case involved insanity and diminished responsibility defenses.). (emphasis in original). 1986State v. Hickman, 337 N.W.2d 512, 517 (Iowa 1983) (Case involved insanity and diminished responsibility defenses.), (emphasis in original). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Iowa. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
State v. More
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2 sentences2016Id. at 722 . 2016Id. at 722 . | 2 | 2016–2016 |
State v. McVey
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1 sentence2020Under this section, a defendant must commit an act that he intends to cause pain 3 Wadsworth asserts the debate about jury instructions “highlights the absurdity” of the distinction between specific-intent and general-intent crimes and the availability of a diminished capacity defense, citing the dissent in McVey, 376 N.W.2d at 589–90 (Carter, J. dissenting). | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Ledezma v. State
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1 sentence2018Heard made an informed decision to "enter pleas and probation violation admissions." On this record, Heard cannot to show Hoover failed to perform an essential duty. 3 ibr.US_Case_Law.Schema.Case_Body:v1">See id. at 142 . | 1 | 2018–2018 |
State v. Wilkens
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1 sentence2018Ultimately, “[t]he effect of defendant’s heavy drinking on formation of the requisite specific intent to kill is for the jury to determine.” See State v. Wilkens, 346 N.W.2d 16 , 20–21 (Iowa 1984); State v. Ibarra, No. 12-0330, 2013 WL 530558 , at *12 (Iowa Ct. App. Feb. 13, 2013). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.