In the Interest of E.S. — Iowa Supreme Court dismisses untimely appeal of child-custody permanency order
Case In the interest of E.S., minor child Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge May, Justice Date Decided October 16, 2026
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In re Detention of Harlow — Iowa Supreme Court affirms sexually violent predator commitment
Case In re Detention of Joshua Andrew Harlow Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen, C.J. Date Decided October 9, 2026
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State v. Amyda — Iowa Supreme Court upheld admission of an abuse video despite an unsupported deepfake claim
Case State of Iowa v. Max Amyda Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Mansfield, Justice Date Decided October 9, 2026 Docket
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State v. Schadl — Iowa Supreme Court strikes lifetime firearm ban for domestic-abuse misdemeanant under state strict-scrutiny amendment
Case State of Iowa v. Eric Martin Schadl Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDermott (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided June
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State v. Lind — Iowa Supreme Court affirms dismissal of human trafficking charge where “victim” and trafficker were fictitious, holding the 2024 statute required real persons
Case State of Iowa v. Kevin Charles Lind Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge May (Kim Reynolds, 2022) Date Decided June
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State v. Mahana — Iowa Supreme Court upholds felon-in-possession law against Second Amendment and state constitutional challenges
Case State of Iowa v. Austin Dean Mahana Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Mansfield (Terry Branstad, 2011) Date Decided June
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State v. Gibbs — Iowa Supreme Court affirms child endangerment convictions for mother who left medically fragile child and siblings unsupervised for five hours
Case State of Iowa v. Victoria Linda Nichole Gibbs Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen (Kim Reynolds, 2018) Date Decided
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Wyldes v. State — Iowa Supreme Court affirms denial of postconviction relief, holding that modern scientific critiques of firearm toolmark analysis do not probably would have changed the 1987 murder conviction
Case Donald Lee Wyldes Jr. v. State of Iowa Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDermott (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided
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State v. Sharples — Iowa Supreme Court upholds habitual offender enhancement where prior out-of-state felony convictions predated the Iowa offense, limiting but not overruling prior sequencing precedent
Case State of Iowa v. Richard Allen Sharples Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Waterman (Terry Branstad, 2011) Date Decided May
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State v. Thompson (Iowa 2026) — Supreme Court affirms theft convictions, holds harmless-error review applies to jury instruction errors omitting elements
Case State of Iowa v. Brian Todd Thompson Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Mansfield (Terry Branstad, 2011) Date Decided May
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State v. Hall — Iowa Supreme Court affirms harassment conviction and five-year no-contact order where victim initiated the encounter
Case State of Iowa v. Timothy Lee Hall Jr. Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge May (Kim Reynolds, 2022) Date Decided
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Hines-Miller v. Teter — Iowa Supreme Court reverses custody decree, awards mother primary physical care after father’s fourth domestic-abuse conviction
Case Javonte Hines-Miller v. Ashlea Teter Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen (Kim Reynolds, 2018) Date Decided May 15, 2026
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State v. Jackson — Iowa Supreme Court vacates court of appeals, remands for new-trial motion to be decided under weight-of-the-evidence standard
Case State of Iowa v. Gregory Antwone Jackson Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDermott (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided May
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Davis v. State — Iowa Supreme Court declines to adopt prison-mailbox rule for postconviction-relief applications
Case Norman Wayne Davis IV v. State of Iowa Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDermott (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided
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State v. Heiller — Iowa Supreme Court clarifies criminal jurisdiction is procedural question of law, not an element of the crime
Case State of Iowa v. Dillon Michael Heiller Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDonald (Kim Reynolds, 2019) Date Decided April