ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
David Welton was convicted of "willful injury" in violation of Iowa Code § 708.4 (1979). Welton had a fight with the woman who was living with him, and broke her jaw in two places. In order to be guilty of the crime of "willful injury" in Iowa, a defendant must have caused a "serious injury," and that phrase is defined to include "protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ." Iowa Code § 702.18 (1979...
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