STATE v. AMISI

No. 22-0624.

997 N.W.2d 683 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Bita AMISI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed November 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie Hunter of Dickey, Campbell & Sahag Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Bridget A. Chambers , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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


I. Introduction.

"[M]en may construe things after their fashion," says Cicero in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar act 1, sc. 3, l. 34. Jurors, however, are supposed to construe the facts according to what they see in the courtroom. A recurring problem arises, therefore, when...

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