Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 22, 1978No. 58209 and 58210PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINGS, Justice.
Defendants appeal from judgments on joint trial jury verdicts finding them guilty of resisting arrest in violation of Section 742.1, The Code 1973. We affirm.
Viewed most favorably to the verdicts, these are the relevant facts.
Defendants, Leslie Thomas (Leslie) and his son Laurel Thomas (Laurel), each own and operate an eastern Hamilton County farm. In early March of 1974, Laurel, absent any license or permit to so do, began constructing a field access driveway and widening his farmyard entrance. He installed culverts and dumped dirt into the right-of-way ditch between his…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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