Legal Opinion

State v. Hubka

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 19, 1992No. 90-1309PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Patsy Jean Hubka appeals her conviction, following a jury trial, of two counts of vehicular homicide. See Iowa Code § 707.6A(l)(a) (1989). On this appeal, she challenges certain evidentiary rulings made by the district court. We affirm.

I. Background facts and proceedings. From the evidence presented at trial, a jury could have found the following facts. In the early evening hours of December 22, 1989, Hubka was driving her car south on Highway 65. A few miles north of Hampton, her car crossed the center line and entered the northbound lane. She collided with…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State v. MartiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  2. Kelly v. Sinclair Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1991
  3. State v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  4. State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947

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3Cited by41 opinions

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  2. State v. CountrymanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
  3. State of Iowa v. Jonathan Q. AdamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
  4. State of Iowa v. Kent Anthony Tyler IIISupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  5. State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997

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