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State of Iowa
v.
Ashley Nicole Hennings
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ashley Nicole Hennings
Attorney for the Appellee
Israel Kodiaga, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Robert P. Ranschau (until withdrawal) and Maria Ruhtenberg, Assistant Appellate Defenders
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, David Porter, Judge. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (10 pages)
Ashley Hennings appeals her convictions for vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, and eluding. She claims she was entitled to an alternative jury instruction on causation, the district court should have granted her motion for a new trial, and that the sentencing court violated the one-homicide rule. OPINION HOLDS: We find the district court adequately instructed the jury on causation and properly exercised its discretion in denying her request for a new trial. But we agree the district court violated the one-homicide rule. So we affirm the convictions but remand for entry of a new sentencing order.
