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STATE v. McKNIGHT

No. 93-53.

511 N.W.2d 389 (1994)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Shawn Patrick McKNIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and B. John Burns, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

John O. Haraldson of the Barrett Law Offices, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., in support of appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Richard J. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Crowl, County Atty., and Timothy O'Grady, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

Bigotry is again rearing its ugly head in this country. Violent or harassing crimes motivated by racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, and other forms of bias have caused legislatures to pass statutes criminalizing such conduct. Writers have tagged such laws "hate crimes" statutes. The Iowa legislature passed such a statute. See Iowa Code § 729.5(3)(a) (1991). A district court judge found Shawn Patrick...

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