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STATE v. HUNT

No. 20-1595.

974 N.W.2d 493 (2022)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Earnest Jones HUNT Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 20, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Zachary Miller , Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellate Defender, and Bradley M. Bender , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellee.

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

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