# State v. Nowlin

> Supreme Court of Iowa · July 30, 1976 · 244 N.W.2d 596

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9861491

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. George Junior NOWLIN, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** July 30, 1976
- **Citations:** 244 N.W.2d 596; 1976 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1218
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Rawlings
- **Judges:** McCormick, Rawlings
- **Cited by:** 46 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding the felony murder rule constitutional because the State must still prove every element, including the element of intent in the underlying crime, to enhance the degree of murder

## Opinion text

RAWLINGS, Justice
(concurring specially)-
Being satisfied the standard regarding self-incriminating statements made by an accused in course of a psychiatric examination regarding sanity at time of the alleged offense, as espoused in State v. Collins, 236 N.W.2d 376, 382-383 (Iowa 1975) (special concurrence), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 96 S.Ct. 3166 , 48 L.Ed.2d -, 44 L.W. 3735, was here commendably applied, I too find an affirmance is in order.
I would hold, however, courts are required to honor and apply the standard thus advocated in the Collins special concurrence. Without abdicating the position taken in Collins as to the physician-patient privilege, id. at 381-383 , I concur in the result.

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