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State v. Perez

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 21, 1997No. 96-521PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEUMAN, Justice.

Following a bench trial, the district court found Armando Perez guilty of willful injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4 (1995) and assault while participating in a felony causing serious injury, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.3. The court sentenced Perez to two consecutive ten-year terms. Perez appeals, arguing that the term imposed for the conviction of assault while participating in a felony constitutes cumulative punishment violating the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Iowa Code section 701.9. Finding no…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. State v. WatkinsTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  2. State v. JacobsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  3. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
  5. State v. ReedSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000

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