Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 691.4 (2026)
Copy of finding to defendant
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The county attorney shall give the accused person, or the accused person’s attorney, after an indictment or county attorney’s information has been returned, a copy of each report of the findings of the criminalistics laboratory conducted in the investigation of the indictable criminal charge against the accused person at the time of arraignment, or if such report is received after arraignment, upon receipt, whether or not such findings are to be used in evidence against the accused person. If such report is not given to the accused or the accused person’s attorney at least four days prior to trial, such fact shall be grounds for a continuance. [C71, 73, 75, 77, §749A.4; C79, 81, §691.4] Referred to in §331.756(65)
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Cited in 2
cases, 2016–2018 · leading case: State of Maine v. Macie N. Jones, 2018 ME 17 (Me. 2018).
State of Maine v. Macie N. Jones, 2018 ME 17 (Me. 2018). “3d 1102 ; see also Iowa Code Ann. § 691.4 (stating that if the county attorney does not provide a copy of the report at least four days before trial, "such fact shall be grounds for a continuance”).”
State of Iowa v. Jonathan Lee Shutt (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “See Iowa Code § 691.4 (providing any report must be given to the defendant “at least four days prior to trial” and failure to provide the report within such a timeline “shall be grounds for a 7 continuance”).”
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