Legal Opinion
State v. Kuchenreuther
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 22, 1974No. 56615PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINGS, Justice.
Defendant, Darwin Ray Kuchenreuther, appeals from judgment on jury verdict finding him guilty of larceny in the nighttime. We reverse.
Reduced to bare essentials this case emanates from a prosecution initiated by county attorney’s information filed after some instantly irrelevant procedural skirmishing.
After having participated in a December 20, 1971 nighttime theft of money from a service station in Pocahontas, defendant informed his attorney regarding the transgression. The latter, in turn, contacted the Pocahontas County Attorney. Following an apparent good faith…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. William Eugene CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- State v. O'KELLYSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Miller A. Dixon v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- State v. HornessSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
- State v. BrockmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- State of Iowa v. Richard Warren FannonSupreme Court of Iowa · 2011
- State v. BirkestrandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
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