Legal Opinion
State v. Jonas
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 1, 2017No. 15-1560PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
APPEL, Justice.
In this case a gay defendant, Stephen Jonas, was charged with first-degree murder in a case with sexual overtones. Among other claims, Jonas asserts the district court improperly failed to strike for cause a potential juror who expressed bias against gay people in a jury questionnaire and in response to questioning in voir dire as required by Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.18(5)(&). Because of the district court’s refusal to disqualify the potential juror, Jonas exercised one of his peremptory strikes, granted by Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.18(9), to remove the…
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