Legal Opinion

State v. Kidd

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 23, 1997No. 96-630PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERNUS, Justice.

During the execution of a search warrant, police found three sawed-off shotguns bundled together in a sleeping bag in the home of the defendant, Mark Anthony Kidd. Kidd was charged with three counts of unautho rized possession of an offensive weapon. Iowa Code § 724.3 (1995). 1 Kidd argued at trial the simultaneous possession of three offensive weapons constitutes only one violation of Iowa Code section 724.3. The district court rejected this argument and a jury found Kidd guilty on each charge. After Kidd’s posttrial motions were denied, he filed this appeal.

Section 724.3…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. United States v. Keith M. FreisingerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  3. United States v. Michael CoiroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. Edwin Kinsley, United States of America v. Michael GuerraCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. James W. AlversonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by50 opinions

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