Appeals court upholds driver license revocation in Iowa
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled a woman can be forced to take a blood alcohol test after a late night stop in Marion County. Carla Griffin’s license revocation stood after she failed to answer a lawyer’s mid crisis call. police had a reasonable effort to contact counsel within the two hour window.
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DES Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Department of Transportation
Carla Griffin
Marion County
Sleeve dispute not void verdict in Davenport robbery case
Iowa Appeals Court rejected Raymond Chrisner's claim that sleeve length description tainted testimony that led to his robbery assault conviction. Four eyewitness identifications outweighed conflicting witness notes on sleeve length height and weight. The ruling also addressed a Johnson County OWI deferred judgment and a Linn County assault case with corroborated police testimony.
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Des Moines
Iowa Appeals Court
Davenport
Raymond Chrisner
Chrisner
Iowa
Nikole Taylor
Johnson County
Taylor
Linn County
Steven Ramey Jr
Shelly Marquette
Ramey
Appeals court upholds two Iowa murder convictions
The Iowa Court of Appeals sustained Dan Dorris's first degree murder conviction for the May 1998 shooting death of Timo Osbourn in Council Bluffs. It also upheld Jimmie Dale Rasmussen's involuntary manslaughter conviction in the bar argument turned fatal shooting in Polk County.
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Iowa Court of Appeals
Council Bluffs
Dan Dorris
Timothy Osbourn
Dorris
Arizona
Polk County
Jimmie Dale Rasmussen
Owen Williams
Rasmussen
Williams
Davenport Woman Fatally Stabs Live-In Partner
Nancy Marie Lee 45 of Davenport stabbed Robert Allen Willers 43 in the chest just after midnight after an argument over Monday’s whereabouts. Lee is jailed on first degree murder charges with a $500000 bond. a protection order barred contact with the victim.
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Davenport
Nancy Marie Lee
Robert Allen Willers
Lee
Scott County
Scott County District Court
Bill Davis
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