General purposes.

Iowa Code § 801.3, under CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS.

Iowa Code § 801.3

The provisions of the Iowa code of criminal procedure shall be liberally construed to give effect to the general purposes thereof, which shall be to provide for: 1. Simplicity in criminal procedure. 2. Fairness in administration of the criminal laws. 3. Elimination of unjustifiable delay in pretrial, trial, and post-trial proceedings. 4. Just determination of every criminal proceeding by a fair and impartial trial and review. 5. The effective apprehension and trial of persons suspected of committing public offenses without violation of fundamental human rights. [C79, 81, §801.3 ]