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5 Iowa opinions name it 1 courts 1972–1994 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 |
|---|---|---|
State v. Fettersgreen2 sentences1994In State v. Fetters, 202 N.W.2d 84, 89 (Iowa 1972) we said: Mental subnormality on the part of one confessing to a crime does not of itself deprive the confession of voluntariness or bar its admission in evidence so long as the subnormality has not deprived the person in question of the capacity to understand the meaning and effect of the confession. 1986In State v. Fetters, 202 N.W.2d 84, 89 (Iowa 1972), we said: [M]ental subnormality on the part of one confessing to a crime does not of itself deprive the confession of voluntariness or bar its admission in evidence so long *403 as the subnormality has not deprived the person in question of the capacity to understand the meaning and effect of the confession. | 3 | 3 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Iowa. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
State v. Reid
green
1 sentence1994In Reid, 394 N.W.2d at 403 , the defendant was mildly retarded with a full-scale I.Q. between seventy-four and seventy-eight and was found to have effectively understood and waived his Miranda rights. | 1 | 1994–1994 |
Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
green
1 sentence1989Id. at 739 . | 1 | 1989–1989 |
State v. Faught
green
2 sentences1972But mental subnormality is a factor to be considered in determining the issues of voluntariness and admissibility, and, where accompanied by other factors indicative of an absence of voluntariness, will require that the confession be excluded. “* * * “There is general agreement among the courts that a confession of crime is not inadmissible merely because the accused, who was not insane, was of less than normal intelligence.” The first paragraph of the foregoing statement of law was quoted with approval in State v. Faught, 254 Iowa 1124, 1130 , 120 N.W.2d 426, 429-430 , where the court also qu 1972But mental subnormality is a factor to be considered in determining the issues of voluntariness and admissibility, and, where accompanied by other factors indicative of an absence of voluntariness, will require that the confession be excluded. “* * * “There is general agreement among the courts that a confession of crime is not inadmissible merely because the accused, who was not insane, was of less than normal intelligence.” The first paragraph of the foregoing statement of law was quoted with approval in State v. Faught, 254 Iowa 1124, 1130 , 120 N.W.2d 426, 429-430 , where the court also qu | 1 | 1972–1972 |