Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 707.1 (2026)
Murder defined
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A person who kills another person with malice aforethought either express or implied commits murder. [C51, §2568; R60, §4191; C73, §3848; C97, §4727, 4796; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12910, 12961; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §690.1, 697.1; C79, 81, §707.1] Referred to in §229A.2, 707.3A
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cases (54 in the last 5 years), 1970–2026 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler, 867 N.W.2d 136 (Iowa 2015).
State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler, 867 N.W.2d 136 (Iowa 2015). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .3 (2011). She maintains the district court erred in denying several of her trial motions, including: a motion in limine to exclude a medical examiner’s testimony and autopsy report opining to the cause and manner of Baby Tyler’s death, a motion to…”
State v. Heemstra, 721 N.W.2d 549 (Iowa 2006). “" Iowa Code § 707.1 . A murder becomes first-degree murder when it is committed under any of four sets of circumstances.”
State of Iowa v. John David Green, 896 N.W.2d 770 (Iowa 2017). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2 (2009). Prior to trial, Green moved to suppress the interview with police in Florida.”
Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of Iowa, 821 N.W.2d 856 (Iowa 2012). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2 (2003). His attorneys in the jury trial were James Metcalf and David Dunakey.”
State v. Buenaventura, 660 N.W.2d 38 (Iowa 2003). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2, .3 (2001). The court denied the defendant’s motion.”
State of Iowa v. Keyon Harrison, 914 N.W.2d 178 (Iowa 2018). “The State initially charged Harrison with first-degree murder in violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 and first-degree robbery in violation of Iowa Code sections 711.”
State v. Newell, 710 N.W.2d 6 (Iowa 2006). “2d 706, 707 (Iowa 1993); see also Iowa Code § 707.1 ("A person who kills another person with malice aforethought either express or implied commits murder.”
Veverka v. Cash, 318 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1982). “, arson, as defined in section 707.1, The Code 1975 — is a specific or merely a general intent crime.”
State of Iowa v. Antoine Tyree Williams, 929 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 2019). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2(1)( a ) (2017). The decedent was also African-American.”
State of Iowa v. Damion John Seats, 865 N.W.2d 545 (Iowa 2015). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2; id. §§ 713.1, .3 (2009).”
State v. Serrato, 787 N.W.2d 462 (Iowa 2010). “Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2(1). The offense of nonconsen-sual termination of a human pregnancy requires that Serrato have terminated a human pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant person while committing a forcible felony.”
State of Iowa v. Peter Leroy Veal, 930 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 2019). “See Iowa Code §§ 707.1 , .2(1)(a), .11 (2017).”
— Iowa Code § 707.1(1) — 3 cases
State v. Braggs, 784 N.W.2d 31 (Iowa 2010).
State v. Retterath (Iowa Ct. App. 2017).
State Of Iowa Vs. Frederick Braggs (Iowa 2010).
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