Legal Opinion
State v. Wade
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 14, 2008No. 07-0703PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Justice.
The State appeals the district court’s ruling, in which the court refused to impose the special sentence provisions of Iowa Code section 903B.2 (Supp.2005) on Kelly Lee Wade, who had been convicted of indecent exposure under chapter 709. The district court found the statute was “illegal and unconstitutional.” In this case, the court is asked to decide whether the special sentencing provisions of Iowa Code section 903B.2 violate the United States Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, the separation-of-powers doctrine, and the Equal Protection Clauses…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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