Supreme Court of Iowa, 2001

Published opinions from 2001. The case name opens the case page.

2001 opinions

IowaState of Iowa, Appellee v. Tyson Fairl Turner, Appellant

July 5, 20012001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 106

The court held that Turner was in custody and subjected to interrogation when he made incriminating statements about a handgun without receiving Miranda warnings. The statements were inadmissible, and their admission was not harmless because they supplied the only evidence establishing dominion and control of the…

IowaJose Ledezma, Appellant v. State of Iowa, Appellee

April 25, 20012001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 72

The court reversed the denial of postconviction relief and granted Jose Ledezma a new trial because counsel unreasonably failed to investigate the defense and improperly advised Ledezma not to testify, and the combined errors created a reasonable probability of a different result.