State of Iowa v. Tina Lynn Thacker

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we must decide two questions related to the sentencing of the defendant. The first question is whether the district court complied with Iowa Rule of *404Criminal Procedure 2.23(3)(d) in sentencing the defendant after she pled guilty pursuant to a plea bargain when the sentencing order does not contain the provisions of the plea bargain. The second question is whether the district court improperly accepted the guilty plea without first determining that the defendant’s plea was made voluntarily and intelligently and had a factual basis as required by Iowa Rule of…