Iowa Supreme Court Says State Magistrate Got Jurisdiction Ruling Wrong

(September 17, 2019, 8:33 AM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa magistrate judge erred in sua sponte dismissing misdemeanor charges against a woman for incidents that happened on an Indian reservation for lack of state court jurisdiction, the Iowa Supreme Court held Sept. 13 in reversing and remanding (Iowa v. Jessica Rae Stanton, No. 19–0177, Iowa Sup., 2019 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 91)....

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