State v. Young

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the propriety of a sentence imposed for third-degree theft.

Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 22(3)(df) states in part:

The court shall state on the record its reason for selecting the particular sentence.

With reference to penitentiary and reformatory sentences, section 246.38 of the Code provides in part:

[I]f an inmate had been confined to a county jail or other correctional or mental institution at any time prior to sentencing, or after sentencing but prior to the case having been decided on appeal, because of failure to furnish bail or because of being…