Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 17, 1986No. 85-487PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of three felonies as a result of unusually brutal attacks that occurred over a two-day period in September 1984. He was found guilty of first-degree kidnapping under Iowa Code sections 710.1 and 710.2, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse under section 709.11 and third-degree sexual abuse under section 709.4(1).
Defendant’s only assignment of error on appeal is a constitutional challenge to Iowa Code section 701.4 (1983) and Iowa rule of criminal procedure 10(ll)(b)(l) which place on an accused the burden to establish an insanity defense by a…
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