State v. Schminkey

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, William Schminkey, entered Alford pleas to the offenses of homicide by vehicle, see Iowa Code § 707.6A(.1) (1997), and theft of a motor vehicle, see id. §§ 714.1, .2(2). See generally North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S.Ct. 160, 167, 27 L.Ed.2d 162, 171 (1970) (holding that an accused may consent to the imposition of a prison sentence even if he is unwilling or unable to admit his participation in the acts constituting the crime). The court sentenced him to consecutive ten-year and five-year terms of imprisonment, respectively. Schminkey now claims…