{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-814.17","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 814.17","heading":"Personal appearance of the defendant.","body":"The personal appearance of the defendant in the appellate court on the trial of an appeal, or upon the hearing of a matter of discretionary review, is in no case necessary.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 814 - APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/814.17.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:19Z","sha256":"47e727fa44c3a987c5f84f8cfb3d4bbf0e94ee223aca2436ed333e02e5c8fbaf","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-814.16","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-814.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}