STATE v. PARK

No. 21-0756.

985 N.W.2d 154 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Gowun PARK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Tammy Gentry (argued) and Gina Messamer of Parrish Kruidenier Dunn Gentry Brown Bergmann & Messamer, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellee.

Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which all participating justices joined. Waterman and May, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.


I. Introduction.

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