{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-619.8","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 619.8","heading":"Necessity to plead.","body":"No mitigating circumstances shall be proved unless pleaded, except such as are shown by or grow out of the testimony introduced by the adverse party.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 619 - PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/619.8.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"43cc34ae8c3cab379a17d6a4891de41189f66f40c3d9bede37814598a63e087c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-619.7","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-619.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}