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Iowa Code § 708.8 (2026)
Going armed with intent
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A person who goes armed with any dangerous weapon with the intent to use without justification such weapon against the person of another commits a class “D” felony. The intent required for a violation of this section shall not be inferred from the mere carrying or concealment of any dangerous weapon itself, including the carrying of a loaded firearm, whether in a vehicle or on or about a person’s body. [C35, §12935-g1; C39, §12935.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §695.1; C79, 81, §708.8] 2017 Acts, ch 69, §4 Referred to in §80A.4, 708.2, 708.2A, 708.2D, 723A.1, 724.4
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Cited in 223
cases (30 in the last 5 years), 1949–2026 · leading case: State of Iowa v. James Norman Harris, 891 N.W.2d 182 (Iowa 2017).
State of Iowa v. James Norman Harris, 891 N.W.2d 182 (Iowa 2017). “See Iowa Code § 708.8 . Harris also claimed counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the omission of the “going” element in Instruction No.”
State v. Billings, 242 N.W.2d 726 (Iowa 1976). “Despite timely and adequate objection by the defense, the trial court refused to submit breaking and entering a dwelling house under § 708.8 as a lesser included offense for jury consideration.”
State v. Williams, 315 N.W.2d 45 (Iowa 1982). “In November 1977 defendant was convicted by guilty plea of breaking and entering in violation of section 708.8, The Code 1977. That provision provided: If any person, with intent to commit any public offense, in the daytime break and enter, or in the nighttime enter without…”
State of Iowa v. Andre Letroy Antwan Harrington, 893 N.W.2d 36 (Iowa 2017). “THE COURT: Then, I have a certified copy in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, FECR006790, where you were -- a certified copy of the Trial Information -- where you entered a plea of guilty to Going Armed with Intent, in violation of Section 708.8 and got a five-year…”
State v. Slayton, 417 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa 1987). “Darrell Slayton was convicted by a jury of the crime of going armed with intent to use a dangerous weapon against the person of another in violation of Iowa Code section 708.8 (1985). This charge arose out of events that occurred in the early hours of July 14, 1985, at the home…”
State v. Ray, 516 N.W.2d 863 (Iowa 1994). “See Iowa Code § 708.8 . This important distinction between the statutes reveals that the exception in section 724.”
United States v. Mosley, 672 F.3d 586 (8th Cir. 2012). “" Iowa Code § 708.8 . The court also imposed, as a special condition of Mosley's supervised release, a prohibition on the use of alcohol and the frequenting of bars, taverns, and other establishments whose primary source of income is derived from the sale of alcohol.”
State v. Lewis, 242 N.W.2d 711 (Iowa 1976). “Defendant Ronald Lewis was charged by county attorney's information filed February 3, 1975, with the crime of breaking and entering with intent to commit a public offense, namely, the larceny of goods from the Dalbey Service Station in Ellsworth, Iowa, in violation of section…”
State v. Taylor, 596 N.W.2d 55 (Iowa 1999). “6 (1997); and (2) going armed with intent in violation of Iowa Code section 708.8. Taylor appeals to challenge the court’s action in ordering the sentences to be served consecutively.”
State v. Hager, 630 N.W.2d 828 (Iowa 2001). “Section 708.8, defining the crime of going armed with intent, states: A person who goes armed with any dangerous weapon with the intent to use without justification such weapon against the person of another commits a class "D" felony.”
State v. Geier, 484 N.W.2d 167 (Iowa 1992). “Iowa Code § 708.8 (1991) (emphasis added).”
State v. Carey, 709 N.W.2d 547 (Iowa 2006). “4 (2001), and going armed with intent, Iowa Code § 708.8 . Carey appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed.”
— Iowa Code § 708.8(1) — 1 case
Ronald James Taylor, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2016).
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