Terms Used In Iowa Code 602.10132

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
602.10132 Pleadingsevidence — preservation.
To the accusation, the accused may plead or demur and the issues joined thereon shall in all cases be tried by said judges so selected and all of the evidence at such trial shall be reduced to writing, filed and preserved.
[C51, §1624; R60, §2714; C73, §221; C97, §327; C24, §10934; C27, 31, 35, §10934-b8; C39,
§10934.8; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.34]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2) CS83, §602.10132