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Terms Used In Iowa Code 820.27

  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
820.27 Trial for other crimes.
After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of extradition proceedings, the person may be tried in this state for other crimes which the person may be charged with having committed here as well as that specified in the requisition for the person’s extradition.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.27; C79, 81, §820.27]