DIRECTOR OF IOWA DHS v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 98-0893.

621 N.W.2d 189 (2001)

DIRECTOR OF the IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Stephen C. Robinson and Layne Lindebak, Assistant Attorneys General, for plaintiffs.

Thomas M. Walter of Johnson, Hester, Walter & Breckenridge, L.L.P., Ottumwa, for defendant.

Considered en banc.


LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

The Director of the Department of Human Services and the Director of the Department of Corrections filed a petition for writ of certiorari in this court, challenging a district court judgment ordering the State to pay the costs of a criminal defendant's care. This court determined that a writ should issue and entered an order to that effect. Because we conclude the two directors did not file the petition in a timely manner, we annul the writ...

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