DOSS v. STATE

No. 19-1285.

961 N.W.2d 701 (2021)

Kenneth DOSS, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raya D. Dimitrova (argued) of Carr Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Thomas E. Bakke (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Matthew T. Lindholm , West Des Moines, and Mary K. Spellman , West Des Moines, for amicus curie Iowa Association for Justice.

Rita Bettis Austin of ACLU of Iowa, Des Moines, for amicus curie American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and John R. Lundquist , Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curie Iowa Board of Parole.

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


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