Legal Opinion
State v. Franzen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 17, 1993No. 92-363PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
Does a guilty plea to a lesser included offense in a multicount criminal information raise a double jeopardy bar to prosecution on the greater offense? We have combined these four criminal appeals because they involve this issue. Each of the defendants was charged in one information with two criminal offenses. Each defendant entered a plea of guilty to possession of marijuana, a serious misdemeanor, in violation of Iowa Code section 204.401(3) (1991). Each defendant entered a plea of not guilty to failing to affix a drug tax stamp, a class “D” felony, in violation of Iowa…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by21 opinions
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