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292 N.W.2d 682

State v. Conner

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 21, 1980

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1980-05-21

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Decided 1980-05-21

How this case has been cited

Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably State v. Yarborough (1996), 341 Pa. Super. 183 - Commonwealth v. Heck (1985)

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McCORMICK, Justice

¶1(concurring specially).

¶2While I think it would be unwise and unjust, I do not question the authority of the General Assembly to define involuntary manslaughter without a mental element. As noted in division IV of the dissent, the wisdom and justice of a statute are for the legislature to decide. To the extent it suggests otherwise, I do not join the court’s opinion. However, I join the remainder of the opinion and concur in the result because I do not believe the General Assembly did omit the recklessness element in section 707.5(1). We are required by section 4.1(2) to construe statutory language in context, and omitting the recklessness element from section 707.5(1) would be repugnant to the context of the provision.

LeGRAND, REES, and HARRIS, JJ., join this special concurrence.
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