STATE v. ORTIZ

No. 16-1980.

905 N.W.2d 174 (2017)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Dustin James ORTIZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and Stephan J. Japuntich , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Thomas E. Bakke , Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone , County Attorney, and Olu A. Salami , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the district court correctly instructed the jury on robbery offenses in light of a 2016 amendment adding the offense of third-degree robbery. 2016 Iowa Acts ch. 1104, § 4 (codified at Iowa Code § 711.3A (2017)). A store owner saw a man steal a skirt and gave chase until...

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