Iowa Larceny Law

United States of America v. Airrington L. Sykes

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/courthouses/IA-Waterloo_1938_Ref.jpg?itok=jVzYda_1"> </center> After the government indicted Airrington Sykes for being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), he moved to suppress evidence that a police officer obtained after he stopped Sykes and frisked him... More...

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VICTOR RIVERA vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>

Victor Rivera, while driving under the influence of alcohol, caused a traffic accident that killed a motorcyclist and seriously injured the motorcyclist’s passenger. Rivera fled the scene in his vehicle and led officers on a short chase before he was apprehended. Rivera pleaded guilty to unintentionally causing the death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxic... More...

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ALLEN KILLINGS vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>

Allen Killings was convicted of murder in the first degree. This court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. See State v. Killings, No. 09-0739, 2010 WL 3894161, at *1 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 6, 2010). Killings now appeals from the denial of his application for postconviction relief, contending his postconviction counsel was ineffective in two respects. First, Killings claim... More...

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STATE OF IOWA vs. BETTY ANN NALL <table> <td>

The following facts are drawn from the minutes of testimony and the defendant’s in-court admissions. FECR268551. On August 2, 2012, Betty Ann Nall visited Earlham Bank in Des Moines and opened an account with a counterfeit U.S. postal money order in the amount of $890. Nall had received the money order from an internet secret shopper program that she suspected was a scam. On August 3, Nall d... More...

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STATE OF IOWA vs. JAZMOND DEANTRA TURNER <table> <td>

Jazmond and Keenan are brothers; Kendale is their cousin. One evening in late August 2015, they were “hanging out” on Pershing Avenue in Davenport. They saw Ramon, who they knew sold marijuana, take something out of his trunk and enter the house where he lived with his father, Raymond March. Kendale recalled discussing with his two companions a plan to take marijuana fro... More...

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STATE OF IOWA vs. JOHN ARTHUR SENN JR.

In the early morning hours of Labor Day, September 1, 2014, Officer Brian Cuppy was on patrol in downtown Des Moines when he saw a truck eastbound on Court Avenue stop for a red light in the middle of the intersection with Water Street with its “back tires . . . more than five feet past the cross walk.” Officer Cuppy followed the truck, activated his police cruiser’s flashing lights, and in... More...

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STATE OF IOWA vs. MARQUICE VERRON MORRIS

Christopher Byers was shot and killed in his living room while selling drugs to Marquice Morris and Joshua McCoy. Two other men were present at the time of the homicide: Tanner Harvey and Bobby Page, Byers’ friends. Who killed Byers and why? According to Page, Morris and McCoy pulled out handguns during the transaction for the purpose of robbing Byers; either Morris or Mc... More...

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STATE OF IOWA vs. JOSHUA FRANK MCCOY

Christopher Byers was shot and killed in his living room while selling marijuana to Marquice Morris and Joshua McCoy. Tanner Harvey and Bobby Page, Byers’ friends, were in the home at the time of the shooting. According to Page, Morris and McCoy pulled out handguns during the transaction for the purpose of robbing Byers; either Morris or McCoy fired a shot into the floor an... More...

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PHUOC NGUYEN vs. STATE OF IOWA

In 1999, Phuoc Thanh Nguyen was convicted of first-degree murder based on alternative theories that included a felony-murder theory. On direct appeal, the court of appeals recounted the evidence presented at trial and established a number of facts that a jury could have found based on the record: On the afternoon of July 15, 1998, Nguyen and Dao approached “The Cloud,” a Des Moines bar. ... More...

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