Topic: a defendant's inability to prove either element is fatal. · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 31 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Graves.

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1 State v. Graves Anchor
iowa · 2003
green “a defendant's inability to prove either element is fatal.” 18
2 Eric Wayne Dempsey v. State of Iowa
iowa · 2015
green “if we conclude a claimant has failed to establish either of these elements, we need not address the remaining element.” 13

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