STATE v. MANN

No. 90-16.

463 N.W.2d 883 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Lisa Astella MANN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard J. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Ferguson, County Atty., and Linda A. Hall, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Raymond E. Rogers, State Appellate Defender, and Ahmet Gonlubol, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The State charged defendant Lisa Mann with two counts of criminal mischief following allegations that she substantially damaged two residential properties which she leased as a tenant. Prior to trial Mann moved for an adjudication of law points, urging the court to determine as a matter of law that a lessee cannot be convicted of criminal mischief for damaging property subject to a lease. The district court ruled in Mann's favor. It reasoned that...

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