STATE v. BECK

No. 13-0347.

854 N.W.2d 56 (2014)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Travis Howard Richard BECK, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

As Amended August 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Tyler J. Buller and Kevin Cmelik , Assistant Attorneys General, Alan Ostergren , County Attorney, and Korie Shippee , Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, for appellee.

Heard by VOGEL, P.J., and MULLINS and McDONALD, JJ.


McDONALD, J.

This case presents the deceptively simple question of whether a criminal defendant charged with assault may assert the defense of diminished responsibility. In ruling on the State's motion to adjudicate law points, the district court concluded the defendant could assert the defense. The supreme court granted the State's application for discretionary review of the district court's ruling, stayed further proceedings in the district court, and transferred...

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