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2018 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 701 - GENERAL CRIMINAL LAW PROVISIONS
Section 701.9 - Merger of lesser included offenses.
Universal Citation: IA Code § 701.9 (2018)
701.9
Merger of lesser included offenses.
No person shall be convicted of a public offense which is necessarily included in another public offense of which the person is convicted. If the jury returns a verdict of guilty of more than one offense and such verdict conflicts with this section, the court shall enter judgment of guilty of the greater of the offenses only.
[C79, 81, ยง701.9]
See R.Cr.P. 2.6(1), 2.22(3)
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