Court Opinion

ID: 9662621
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:14:21.31602+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:27:22.957738
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SNELL, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the result reached by the majority, apparently mandated by Iowa law. The case should be reversed and remanded for new trial. Defendant should be permitted to introduce evidence to rebut the mens rea element of the crime charged. To prevent this denies defendant his constitutionally protected rights under the due process clause of the 14th amendment to the federal constitution. The analysis and reasoning on this issue by Justice Carter dissenting in State v. McVey, 376 N.W.2d 585 (Iowa 1985), expresses my view.
SCHLEGEL, J., joins this dissent.