No. 24-6501

In Re Noel J. Bender

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2025-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-conviction criminal-procedure domestic-abuse due-process residential-judgment witness-testimony
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant is prohibited from being a victim of his assault, such as that he and his victim are "household members" and the assault is thus a domestic abuse assault when the defendant is merely present with the victim at the home of the victim after he has absconded from a residential placement fed doubt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's domestic abuse assault conviction is valid when he was present with the victim at the victim's home after being previously acquitted of a residential judgment

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-03-05
Waiver of right of respondent Iowa Department of Corrections to respond filed.
2025-01-09
Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 10, 2025)

Attorneys

In Re Noel J. Bender
Noel Bender — Petitioner
Iowa Department of Corrections
Darrel MullinsIowas Dept. of Justice, Respondent