701.6 Ignorance or mistake.
All persons are presumed to know the law. Evidence of an accused person’s ignorance or mistake as to a matter of either fact or law shall be admissible in any case where it shall tend to prove the existence or nonexistence of some element of the crime with which the person is charged.
[C79, 81, §701.6]
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 701 - GENERAL CRIMINAL LAW PROVISIONS
Section 701.2 - Public offense.
Section 701.3 - Presumption of innocence.
Section 701.5 - Intoxicants or drugs.
Section 701.6 - Ignorance or mistake.
Section 701.7 - Felony defined and classified.
Section 701.8 - Misdemeanor defined and classified.
Section 701.9 - Merger of lesser included offenses.
Section 701.10 - Civil remedies preserved.
Section 701.11 - Evidence of similar offenses — sexual abuse.