State v. Summers

Defendant appeals judgment on guilty plea to the crime of embezzlement in violation of Code section 710.5. He asserts, (1) the county attorney’s statements concerning his arrest for another offense during the presentence investigation period constituted reversible error, and (2) the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the maximum sentence.

Defendant made no objection to the county attorney’s, statement and attempted to explain to the trial court the reason for his arrest. Defendant’s first assigned error claimed for the first time on appeal cannot be effectively asserted. State v.…