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Iowa Code § 814.1 (2026)

Definition of appeal and discretionary review

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For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Appeal” is the right of both the defendant and the state to have specified actions of the district court considered by an appellate court. 2. “Discretionary review” is the process by which an appellate court may exercise its discretion, in like manner as under the rules pertaining to interlocutory appeals and certiorari in civil cases, to review specified matters not subject to appeal as a matter of right. The supreme court may adopt additional rules to control access to discretionary review. [R60, §4904, 4905; C73, §4520, 4521; C97, §5448; S13, §5448; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13994; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §793.1; C79, 81, §814.1]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2026 · leading case: State v. Bullock, 638 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 2002).
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State v. Bullock, 638 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 814.1 . This statute provides that the State has the right of appeal from (a) An order dismissing an indictment, information, or any count thereof.”
State v. McKinney, 756 N.W.2d 678 (Iowa 2008). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code §§ 814.1 -.27. Under this chapter, an appeal is defined as “the right of both the defendant and the state to have specified action of the district court considered by an appellate court.”
State of Iowa v. Douglas Neal Warburton (Iowa 2026). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 814.1 . A defendant convicted of a nonclass “A” criminal offense following the entry of a guilty plea has an appeal as a matter of right only upon establishing good cause to appeal.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Nathanial Paul Mckinney (Iowa 2008). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 814.1 . Chapter 814 goes on to enumerate certain circumstances where the state and the defendant are entitled to appeal.”
State of Iowa v. Justin Aaron Swift (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “Iowa Code § 814.1 (2)(e). The State also claims Swift’s motion to reconsider was not timely.”
State of Iowa v. Patricia Pranschke (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). “, Iowa Code §§ 814.1 (defining “appeal” and “discretionary review”), 814.”
— Iowa Code § 814.1(2) — 1 case
State v. Bullock, 638 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 2002). “” Iowa Code § 814.1 . This statute provides that the State has the right of appeal from (a) An order dismissing an indictment, information, or any count thereof.”
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