There is hereby created under the control, direction, and supervision of the commissioner
of public safety a state criminalistics laboratory. The commissioner of public safety
may assign the criminalistics laboratory to a division or bureau within the public safety
department. The laboratory shall, within its capabilities, conduct analyses, comparative
studies, fingerprint identification, firearms identification, questioned documents studies,
and other studies normally performed by a criminalistics laboratory when requested by a
county attorney, medical examiner, or law enforcement agency of this state to aid in any
criminal investigation. Agents of the division of criminal investigation may be assigned
to the criminalistics laboratory by the commissioner. New employees shall be appointed
pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and need not qualify as agents for the division
of criminal investigation and shall not participate in the peace officers’ retirement plan
established pursuant to chapter 97A.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, §749A.1; C79, 81, §691.1]
2003 Acts, ch 145, §276; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §31
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases, 1967–1975 · leading case:
Sandman v. Hagan, 154 N.W.2d 113 (Iowa 1967).
Sandman v. Hagan, 154 N.W.2d 113 (Iowa 1967).
· cites it 4× “It is well established in Iowa that a person is privileged to come to the defense of another about to be injured. Section 691.3 of the code states: "Any other person, in aid or defense of the person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the same.”
State v. Brown, 168 N.W.2d 922 (Iowa 1969).
· cites it 2× “’ However, this section must be read in connection with section 691.1, which states: ‘Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may be made by the party about to be injured, or by others.”
State v. Cruse, 228 N.W.2d 28 (Iowa 1975).
“(2) he must retreat as far as is reasonable and safe before taking his adversary’s life, except in his home or place of business; (3) he must actually and honestly believe he is in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that the action he takes is necessary for…”
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