State v. Mathias
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for carrying a firearm on the grounds of a school, holding that a school district-owned athletic complex that is not contiguous to a classroom building does not qualify as grounds of a school under Iowa Code 724.4B and that the district court did not err in giving the jury an instruction defining "grounds of a school."
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the "grounds of a school" as used in Iowa Code 724.4B can include school district-owned athletic facilities that are not contiguous to the classroom building, and there was substantial evidence that the parking lot where Defendant was carrying a firearm qualified as grounds of a school; and (2) the district court properly instructed the jury that the grounds of a school may include recreational and cultural facilities.
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