State of Iowa v. Brian Todd Thompson

In the Iowa Supreme Court No. 25–0145 Submitted February 19, 2026—Filed May 22, 2026 State of Iowa, Appellee, vs. Brian Todd Thompson, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Celene Gogerty, judge. A defendant appeals his convictions for two counts of theft by deception, arguing that the jury instructions misstated an element of the offense. Affirmed. Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, McDonald, and May, JJ., joined. Oxley, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which McDermott, J., joined. Martha…