A person who kills another person with malice aforethought either express or implied commits murder.
Iowa Code § 707.1
Murder defined
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case State of Iowa v. Damion John Seats (2015)
Most recently applied in State of Iowa v. Antoine Tyree Williams (May 2019)
[C51, §2568; R60, §4191; C73, §3848; C97, §4727, 4796; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12910, 12961; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §690.1, 697.1; C79, 81, §707.1]
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Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.