STATE v. KILBY

No. 19-0734.

961 N.W.2d 374 (2021)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Hannah Marie KILBY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant C. Gangestad (argued) of Gourley, Rehkemper, & Lindholm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Linda J. Hines (argued), Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone , County Attorney, and Maurice Curry , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Mansfield and McDermott, JJ., joined. McDonald, J., filed a special concurrence, in which Oxley, J., joined. Appel, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


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