Jenney v. Iowa District Court for Linn County

ANDREASEN, Justice.

Rather than revoke Joseph Alan Jenney’s probation and require him to serve the remainder of his ten-year prison sentence, the district court imposed the penalty for contempt of court and ordered him to serve ninety days in jail for violating the terms of his probation. Jenney’s petition for writ of certiorari challenges the authority of the district court to impose the penalty of contempt for alleged violations of terms of probation not set forth in a court order. We annul the writ.

Jenney pled guilty to theft in the first degree on July 11, 1985, and he was sentenced to…