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STATE EX REL. DICKEY v. BESLER

No. 19-1598.

954 N.W.2d 425 (2021)

STATE of Iowa EX REL. Gary DICKEY, Appellant, v. Jason BESLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Dickey of Dickey, Campbell, & Sahag Law Firm, PLC, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey Thompson , Solicitor General, and Emily Willits , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, McDonald, and Oxley, JJ., joined. Appel, J., filed a dissenting opinion. McDermott, J., took no part.

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