Harris v. District Court

The question presented is whether respondent court exceeded its proper jurisdiction or otherwise acted illegally in overruling a motion to dismiss an indictment and in denying a special appearance in the criminal case in which the indictment was found. Petitioner herein, a resident of Des Moines, was the indicted defendant, and filed the motion and made the special appearance. Urging the answer to the question should be in the affirmative, petitioner bases his argument on the following sections, Code 1935.

“14023. Failure to indict. When a person is held to answer for a public offense, if an…