State v. Williams

DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of failure to appear for a sentencing hearing in violation of Iowa Code section 811.2(8) (1987). Defendant appeals contending the district court erred in admitting testimony of prior bad acts. Defendant also contends there was insufficient evidence he received notice of his sentencing hearing.

Defendant pled guilty to second-degree burglary and third-degree theft in May 1987. Following a hearing and denial of defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment on July 23, 1987, defendant orally requested sentencing be delayed. The trial court granted…