District court, Judicial District 5
David Nelmark
District Court Judge · District 5C · Polk County
About
- Appointed to this post in 20191
- No retention vote on record yet. New judges face voters at the first general election after a full year on the bench.
Judge Nelmark, Polk County, was appointed to the bench in 2019. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Drake University in 1999 and his law degree from Stanford Law School in 2005. His past experience includes working for Gislason & Hunter LLP and Belin McCormick, PC. He is a…
Retention votes
No retention votes on record (Iowa Funnel has them from 2020 for justices and 2022 for other judges).
Appeals from this judge’s cases
1 appeal on record; 1 reversed or vacated at least in part.2
- Criminal appeal No. 24-1691AI summary The defendant appealed a murder conviction, arguing that having a uniformed deputy sit near him while he testified violated his right to a fair trial. The court decided to uphold the conviction but agreed that the sentence was illegal because it required the d…