Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 12, 1980No. 64013PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGiverin, justice.
Defendant Gregory Earl Jones was sentenced, following his plea of guilty to first-degree robbery in violation of section 711.2, The Code 1979, to a twenty-five-year pris on term. The sentence was to commence at the expiration of a fifty-one-year sentence he was serving when he committed the robbery. Jones appeals, contending (1) the trial court was not required by section 901.8, The Code 1979, to impose a consecutive sentence for a crime committed while defendant was an escapee from the penitentiary, and (2) the consecutive sentence imposed by the court was cruel and…
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