Legal Opinion
State of Iowa v. Jerin Douglas Mootz
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 27, 2012No. 10–0418PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAGER, Justice.
Defendant Jerin Mootz appeals his conviction for assault on a police officer resulting in bodily injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.3A (2009). During voir dire, Mootz sought to use a peremptory challenge to remove a Hispanic juror. The district court found Mootz was using his strikes in a racially discriminatory manner, denied the strike, and seated the juror. Mootz was convicted and appealed. We transferred the case to the court of appeals. The court of appeals found the district court erred in refusing to allow the strike of the potential juror, but Mootz had not…
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