In September 2017, Richmond was charged with domestic abuse assault,
third or subsequent offense, and domestic abuse assault by strangulation. The
State alleged both charges were subject to the habitual-offender enhancement.
Richmond filed a financial affidavit and application for appointment of
counsel, in which he stated he did not have a job and had earned zero dollars in... More...    $0 (09-15-2018 - IA)

Hensley pled guilty to third-degree burglary and was sentenced on March
25, 2014, to a suspended five-year prison term. Hensley was placed on probation
for two years, and the court ordered, as a part of that probation, Hensley complete
treatment at the Bridges of Iowa program. The sentencing order required Hensley
to remain in the Polk County Jail until space became available... More...    $0 (01-12-2018 - IA)

The record reflects the following. On the evening of December 5, 2014,
Ernst rented a white Lincoln MKX in Cedar Rapids and drove to Waterloo
accompanied by his friend Iviontae Jackson. Around 1:00 a.m., Jackson and
Ernst met up with friends Shaumara Taylor and Katie Werner. For a reason
never resolved at trial, the group stopped at a local convenience store. At the
co... More...    $0 (11-11-2017 - IA)

Pattison received his first adult criminal conviction in 1999, according to
the presentence investigation report prepared for this case. Relevant to the
sentencing issue on appeal, in 2002, Pattison was convicted of eluding, a class
“D” felony. In 2004, Pattison was convicted of methamphetamine possession,
second offense. In 2007, Pattison was convicted of possession of mari... More...    $0 (07-24-2017 - IA)

Des Moines, IA - Brother Plead Guilty To Lottery Schamm

The State of Iowa charged Eddie Tipton, age 54, and Tommy Tipton, age 53, with wrongfully accessing and manipulating computer software to pull off a multi-state lottery swindle by manipulating random number generators to enable co-conspirators to claim jackpots in Colorado, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Kansas. The scheme was discovered w... More...    $0 (06-30-2017 - IA)

In this case, Bradley Graham, a juvenile offender convicted of one count of sex abuse in the third degree, challenges his lifetime special sentence of parole and the lifetime requirement that he register as a sex offender as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution and under article I, section 17 of the Iowa Constitution. The district court held Gr... More...    $0 (05-29-2017 - IA)

This case comes before us on further review. The court of appeals, on discretionary review of the district court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to dismiss, reversed the district court and dismissed the charges against Deantay Williams, Taevon Washington, and Cordarrel Smith. On this further review, we focus solely on whether the defendants’ rights were violated by the failure to bring formal... More...    $0 (05-28-2017 - IA)

On February 27, 2015, Kemp was charged by trial information with the
following: one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to
deliver, in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(1)(c)(3) (2015); one count of
failure to possess a tax stamp, in violation of sections 453B.3 and 453B.12; one
count of interference with official acts causing injury, in violation of ... More...    $0 (04-21-2017 - IA)

On August 28, 2013, the Forest City Police Department took Patrick Letscher and another person into custody and filed a complaint accusing them of stealing a pickup truck. A magistrate set bail at $2000, cash only. Two days later, Letscher posted the bail with the clerk of court. He also signed a form entitled, “APPEARANCE BOND - WAIVER OF ARRAIGNMENT – AUTHORIZATION OF PLEAS OF GUILTY,” ostens... More...    $0 (12-31-2016 - IA)

Briefly, the salient facts are that Boruch and the victim were employees of
a traveling carnival. They shared a semitrailer for storage, and their sleeping
quarters—called “possum” or “pot” bellies—were on opposite sides of the same
trailer. On an evening after working at the Dallas County fairgrounds, they ended
up at a bar, drinking several alcoholic beverages and playing p... More...    $0 (09-15-2016 - IA)

In January 2013, Toledo Police Officer McMillen and Tama County Officer
Bina were dispatched to a residence concerning a verbal domestic incident.
When the officers arrived they spoke with Morales and his then-girlfriend. Due to
communication issues, McMillen requested a translator. Morales would not allow
the officers to enter the residence, and, owing to the cold, McMillen... More...    $0 (08-11-2016 - IA)

A Floyd County jury convicted Casey Frederiksen of murder in the first
degree and sexual abuse in the first degree for offenses committed against the
five-year-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend. Frederiksen now challenges his
convictions on three grounds. First, he disputes the sufficiency of the State’s
proof that he was the perpetrator. Second, he contends the distric... More...    $0 (08-11-2016 - IA)

In the early morning hours of Labor Day, September 1, 2014, Officer Brian Cuppy was on patrol in downtown Des Moines when he saw a truck eastbound on Court Avenue stop for a red light in the middle of the intersection with Water Street with its “back tires . . . more than five feet past the cross walk.” Officer Cuppy followed the truck, activated his police cruiser’s flashing lights, and initiate... More...    $0 (06-25-2016 - IA)

In 1999 Dotson committed the crime of first-degree robbery in Johnson
County, Iowa. He then went to Wisconsin and committed other crimes. Dotson
was taken into custody in Wisconsin on June 25, 1999. On June 28, 1999, a
warrant for his arrest was issued in Johnson County, and Iowa officials contacted
Wisconsin officials requesting a hold be placed on Dotson. The arrest warra... More...    $0 (06-19-2016 - IA)

James Shorter appeals his judgment and sentence for second-degree
murder. He raises a number of claims, including a challenge to the sufficiency of
the evidence supporting the jury’s finding of guilt. We find this issue dispositive.
The jury was instructed that the State would have to prove the following
elements of second-degree murder:
1. On or about August 25, 2013... More...    $0 (06-18-2016 - IA)

On July 28, 2014, the State charged Deyawna Taylor with one count of driving while barred in violation of Iowa Code section 321.561 (2013) and one count of prostitution in violation of Iowa Code section 725.1. Arraignment was scheduled for August 11. Taylor failed to personally appear for arraignment because she was incarcerated in Polk County on unrelated charges. The district court then issue... More...    $0 (06-18-2016 - IA)

On May 11, 2012, seventeen-year-old Isaiah Sweet shot and killed Richard and Janet Sweet. Richard and Janet had cared for Sweet since he was four years old, as his biological mother was unable to do so. Richard was Sweet’s biological grandfather. Richard and Janet had been married for thirty years. Sweet was arrested three days after the murder. After being given Miranda warnings, Sweet desc... More...    $0 (05-27-2016 - IA)

Following a trial by jury, on May 2, 2007, the district court entered
judgment against Bender for possession of a firearm as a felon, as an habitual
offender (case no. FECR331222). Also following a trial by jury, on May 7, 2007,
the district court entered judgment against Bender for burglary in the second
degree, as an habitual offender, and stalking in violation of a no-conta... More...    $0 (02-06-2016 - IA)

We recite the facts in the light most favorable to the State. State v. Neiderbach, 837 N.W.2d 180, 187 (Iowa 2013). On the night of August 24–25, 2013, a crowd of twenty to forty teenagers was gathered at an empty lot next to the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines. They were drinking, dancing, and listening to music. About ten to fifteen cars were present. Some in the crowd were dancing ... More...    $0 (01-22-2016 - IA)

Dawn and Walter Norem1 were married and lived in rural Harris, Iowa.
Their two adult daughters both had residences about fourteen miles away in
Milford. Dawn worked in Milford as a dietary manager at a nursing center.
back injury prevented Norem from working. He also suffered from anxiety. In
early November 2012, Norem had been feeling increasingly anxious and was not
... More...    $0 (01-13-2016 - IA)

In the early morning hours of October 8, 2011, Dubuque police received a complaint about screaming arising from an apartment. Police responded to the scene, heard screams from within the apartment, broke into the apartment from which the screams arose, and found the defendant, Robinson, and B.S. half-naked in the bedroom of the apartment. Police arrested Robinson. On October 12, the State charged... More...    $0 (01-06-2016 - IA)

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – An Iowan and a Nebraskan will each serve prison time for violating provisions of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.

Clean Water Act Violation

Michael J. Wolf, age 58, from Remsen, Iowa, received a sentence including six weekends in prison after a December 16, 2014, guilty plea to one count of knowingly discharging a pollutant into a waterway of the United S... More...    $0 (07-20-2015 - IA)

A juvenile offender convicted of first-degree murder appeals his
resentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In this
appeal, we determine the factors a court must use when it sentences a
juvenile offender for first-degree murder. Because the district court did
not have the benefit of this decision when it sentenced the juvenile, we
vacate the sentence and ... More...    $0 (06-26-2015 - IA)

Ryan Kedley, an agent of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, arrested Jody Borgman for trespass when she entered the Wild Rose Casino after having signed two voluntary exclusion forms at the casino's predecessor establishment. After the charge against her was dropped, Borgman brought this action against Kedley and the Wild Rose Casino, alleging violations of her constitutional rights unde... More...    $0 (07-19-2011 - IA)

Explore Information Services appeals from a district court ruling on its application for adjudication of law points and its motion to reconsider pursuant to Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 179(b). Because we conclude the rule 179(b) motion was not an appropriate challenge to the adjudication of law points ruling, Explore's filing of the rule 179(b) motion did not toll the time for appeal. The time fo... More...    $0 (11-15-2001 - IA)

Explore Information Services appeals from a district court ruling on its application for adjudication of law points and its motion to reconsider pursuant to Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 179(b). Because we conclude the rule 179(b) motion was not an appropriate challenge to the adjudication of law points ruling, Explore's filing of the rule 179(b) motion did not toll the time for appeal. The time fo... More...    $0 (11-19-2001 - IA)