2016 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 705 - SOLICITATION
Section 705.2 - Renunciation.
705.2
Renunciation.
It is a defense to a prosecution for solicitation that the defendant, after soliciting another person to commit a felony or aggravated misdemeanor, persuaded the person not to do so or otherwise prevented the commission of the offense, under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of the defendant’s criminal intent. A renunciation is not “voluntary and complete” if it is motivated in whole or in part by either of the following:
1. The person’s belief that circumstances exist which increase the possibility of detection or apprehension of the defendant or another or which make more difficult the consummation of the offense.
2. The person’s decision to postpone the offense until another time or to substitute another victim or another but similar objective.
[C79, 81, §705.2]
2013 Acts, ch 90, §222
Referred to in §707.3A
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