State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null

I concur in the majority opinion which affirmed Null’s convictions and the rulings on the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. I respectfully dissent as to the reversal of the defendant’s sentence.

Both the majority opinion and Justice Mansfield’s opinion provide the factual background which leads us here, so I will not recite these facts again as part of this opinion. Because Null was sentenced before Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), we must answer the threshold question of whether Miller applies to the term-of-years sentence imposed by the…