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Iowa Code § 708.4 (2026)
Willful injury
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Any person who does an act which is not justified and which is intended to cause serious injury to another commits willful injury, which is punishable as follows: 1. A class “C” felony, if the person causes serious injury to another.\n\nTue Dec 09 21:56:38 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 708 (40, 1) 9 ASSAULT, §708.7\n\n 2. A class “D” felony, if the person causes bodily injury to another. [C51, §2577, 2594; R60, §4200, 4217; C73, §3857, 3875; C97, §4752, 4771, 4797; S13, §4771; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12928, 12934, 12962; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §693.1, 694.6, 697.2; C79, 81, §708.4] 99 Acts, ch 65, §5; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §184 Referred to in §80A.4, 702.11 Serious injury, §702.18
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Cited in 266
cases (67 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Valentin Velez, 829 N.W.2d 572 (Iowa 2013).
State of Iowa v. Valentin Velez, 829 N.W.2d 572 (Iowa 2013). “Iowa Code § 708.4 . The legislature also defined “serious injury” as follows: 1.”
State v. Heemstra, 721 N.W.2d 549 (Iowa 2006). “The class "C" felony version of willful injury was, at the time of Lyon's killing, a felonious assault because it was classified by law as a felony, see Iowa Code § 708.4 (1), and the elements of the crime, i.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Robert L. Hanes, 790 N.W.2d 545 (Iowa 2010). “Robert Hanes was convicted after a jury trial of willful injury causing serious injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1) (2005). The verdict is based on an incident between Hanes and Nathanial Taylor on the morning of April 28, 2007.”
State of Iowa v. Christopher Clay McNeal, 897 N.W.2d 697 (Iowa 2017). “An element of the crime charged, willful injury causing serious injury, see Iowa Code § 708.4 (1) (2015), required medical testimony, see id.”
State of Iowa v. Sayvon Andre Propps, 897 N.W.2d 91 (Iowa 2017). “The 3 State then amended the trial information to charge Propps with four counts of willful injury causing serious injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1). Because willful injury causing serious injury is a forcible felony, probation is not an option under Iowa law.”
Boto Jima v. William P. Barr, 942 F.3d 468 (8th Cir. 2019). “In 2016, Jima was charged with willful injury causing bodily harm in violation of Iowa Code § 708.4 (2)1 after he “use[d] a knife to stab the victim numerous times causing bodily injury to the head and upper torso.”
State v. Schuler, 774 N.W.2d 294 (Iowa 2009). “” Iowa Code § 708.4 (1). Russell asserts that his conviction was in error as the marshalling instructions for willful injury did not properly set forth these elements.”
Robert Krogmann v. State of Iowa, 914 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 2018). “11 (2009) and willful injury causing serious injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1). Bond was initially set at $750,000 cash only.”
State of Iowa v. Wonetah Einfeldt, 914 N.W.2d 773 (Iowa 2018). “See Iowa Code § 708.4 (2) (2015). The defendants were tried jointly beginning on April 18, 2016.”
State of Iowa v. Charles Raymond Albright, 925 N.W.2d 144 (Iowa 2019). “The State charged Albright with willful injury resulting in serious injury, a class "C" felony, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1) (2016), and kidnapping in the first degree, a class "A" felony, in violation of Iowa Code sections 710.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Mark Thomas Hennings, 791 N.W.2d 828 (Iowa 2010). “11 (2005); count II, willful injury in violation of section 708.4(1); and count III, assault in violation of individual rights with the intent to inflict a serious injury in violation of sections 708.”
United States v. Darvill Bragg, 44 F.4th 1067 (8th Cir. 2022). “The Iowa Willful Injury Conviction In 2014, Bragg was convicted in state court of violating Iowa Code § 708.4 (1), which provides that “[a]ny person who does an act which is not justified and which is intended to cause serious injury to another commits willful injury, which is…”
— Iowa Code § 708.4(1) — 106 cases
State of Iowa v. Valentin Velez, 829 N.W.2d 572 (Iowa 2013). “Iowa Code § 708.4 . The legislature also defined “serious injury” as follows: 1.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Robert L. Hanes, 790 N.W.2d 545 (Iowa 2010). “Robert Hanes was convicted after a jury trial of willful injury causing serious injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1) (2005). The verdict is based on an incident between Hanes and Nathanial Taylor on the morning of April 28, 2007.”
State of Iowa v. Sayvon Andre Propps, 897 N.W.2d 91 (Iowa 2017). “The 3 State then amended the trial information to charge Propps with four counts of willful injury causing serious injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1). Because willful injury causing serious injury is a forcible felony, probation is not an option under Iowa law.”
State of Iowa v. Christopher Clay McNeal, 897 N.W.2d 697 (Iowa 2017). “An element of the crime charged, willful injury causing serious injury, see Iowa Code § 708.4 (1) (2015), required medical testimony, see id.”
Robert Krogmann v. State of Iowa, 914 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 2018). “11 (2009) and willful injury causing serious injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1). Bond was initially set at $750,000 cash only.”
— Iowa Code § 708.4(2) — 57 cases
State of Iowa v. James Norman Harris, 891 N.W.2d 182 (Iowa 2017).
State of Iowa v. Darion Aubrea Love, 858 N.W.2d 721 (Iowa 2015).
State of Iowa v. Andrew James Lopez, 872 N.W.2d 159 (Iowa 2015).
State of Iowa v. Jesus Antonio Murillo (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
State of Iowa v. James Paul Vandermark (Iowa 2021).
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