Legal Opinion

State v. Dohrn

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 23, 1977No. 60061, 60073PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendants Charles R. Dohrn and Charles J. Munson were each indicted on six charges of securities law violations and indicted together for conspiracy to commit one such violation. On defendants’ motions the trial court dismissed these 13 indictments because of an alleged irregularity in the manner of summoning the grand jurors who comprised the indicting grand jury. The State appealed, and we reverse and remand.

Although the record is silent regarding some material aspects of the grand jury selection process, the parties agree on what the record does show. Two principal…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Pervear v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. State v. BrandtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
  3. State v. HassanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  4. State v. DisbrowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  5. The People v. JamesonIllinois Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. LohrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  2. State v. RhombergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  4. State v. PaulsenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  5. State v. PaulsenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979

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