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State v. Ellis

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 28, 1998No. 97-882PublishedCited by 208 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAVORATO, Justicé.

A jury convicted Taneka Ellis of first-degree burglary. She appeals, contending the district court used the wrong standard in denying her motion for new trial. We agree. We reverse and remand with directions.

I. Facts.

Ellis and several of her friends forced then-way into Teria Marks’s apartment, ostensibly to get to the root of rumors. Ellis’s friends included Tammika Bradford, Dee Harrington, Angela Smith, Jatonna Clark, Trece Johnson, and Teresa Nix. Marks allegedly was spreading rumors that Ellis’s boyfriend and Bradford were having an affair.

The confrontation between the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980

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3Cited by208 opinions

  1. State v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Iowa · 2008
  2. State v. ShanahanSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  3. State of Iowa v. Kenneth Osborne ArySupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  4. State v. ReevesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
  5. State v. NitcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006

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