1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 418 N.W.2d
  5. 418 N.W.2d 49 (1988)
 

STATE v. LaPOINTE

No. 87-112.

418 N.W.2d 49 (1988)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Joseph R. LaPOINTE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. Scalise of Scalise, Scism, Sandre & Uhl, Des Moines, and James P. McGuire of McGuire & O'Bryan, Mason City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard J. Bennett and Harold Young, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

This appeal grows out of events surrounding an altercation between the defendant Joseph R. LaPointe and his girlfriend R.N. on February 21, 1986. Defendant was indicted and tried on four criminal charges. Following a trial to the court, defendant was acquitted of two of the charges and was convicted and sentenced for a lesser and included offense of assault causing bodily injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.2(2) (1985), a serious misdemeanor...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases