STATE v. VANDERMARK

No. 19-2112.

965 N.W.2d 888 (2021)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James Paul VANDERMARK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed October 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Northfield , Urbandale, for appellant.

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

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


This court has taken a "relatively narrow view" of the circumstances under which the state may amend a trial information. State v. Sharpe, 304 N.W.2d 220, 222 (Iowa 1981). The district court "may" allow an amendment to correct "errors or omissions" in a trial information. Iowa R. Crim...

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