Daryl L. Hecht

State v. McCullah

Supreme Court of Iowa · 2010-08-20 · cited 42×

In State v. McCullah, an inmate at a Polk County jail was charged with four counts of inmate assault under Iowa Code section 708.3B after a fight with officers in which multiple employees came into contact with blood. The Iowa Supreme Court addressed whether the statute requires proof that the blood or other bodily fluids originated from the inmate himself. The court held that a conviction requires only that an employee come into contact with such substances not his or her own, regardless of whether they came from the inmate or another person. It therefore affirmed three convictions where officers contacted blood from an unspecified source other than themselves and reversed the fourth conviction involving an officer whose own blood was involved. The decision rested on the plain language of the statute, which does not limit the source of the fluids to the defendant.

criminal law

Van Sickle Construction Co. v. Wachovia Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

Supreme Court of Iowa · 2010-06-25 · cited 80×

Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Supreme Court of Iowa · 2010-06-04 · cited 140×

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. v. Chubb Custom Insurance Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa · 2010-04-09 · cited 11×

Jacobson Transportation Co. v. Harris

Supreme Court of Iowa · 2010-02-12 · cited 50×

Second Injury Fund of Iowa v. Kratzer

Supreme Court of Iowa · 2010-01-29 · cited 13×

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Daryl L. Hecht

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