State v. Buchanan

NEUMAN, Justice.

The only question on this appeal is whether conviction of the crime of interference with official acts while armed, Iowa Code section 719.1 (1995), requires proof the defendant intended to interfere with official conduct. The district court, believing the crime to be one of general intent, refused defendant Ickey Buchanan’s request for a jury instruction defining specific intent. Finding no error, we affirm.

The facts are not disputed. Late one evening, Waterloo police officer Randall Chapman was approached by Victor Quinn who claimed that defendant Ickey Buchanan had just…