STATE v. AZNEER

No. 94-196.

526 N.W.2d 298 (1995)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. J. Leonard AZNEER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Mary Tabor, Asst. Atty. Gen., John P. Sarcone, County Atty., and Fred W. Gay, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Nicholas Critelli, Jr. of Nick Critelli Associates, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

We granted discretionary review of a trial court ruling interpreting the word "willfully" in Iowa Code section 56.16 (1993) (providing penal consequences of violating the campaign finance disclosure law). The trial court held the term means "voluntary and intentional violation of a known legal duty." The State challenges this interpretation and contends the word should be held to mean "intentionally, deliberately, and knowingly." We affirm.

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