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Fryer v. Scurr

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided August 26, 1981No. 65969PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the validity of a guilty plea to a murder charge.

David Lyle Fryer, having been informed that the penalty for first-degree murder is life imprisonment, pled guilty in 1974 to a charge of murder. In the course of the proceedings the sentencing court made sure that Fryer understood the penalty for first-degree murder. The court asked the following question and Fryer gave the following answer:

The Court: And what is the penalty for murder in the first degree?

Mr. Fryer: Life.

The sentencing court gave Fryer the information required by State v. Sisco, 169…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. United States v. TimmreckSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. SiscoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  4. Anthony Joseph Munich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  5. Epifanio Trujillo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. GilroySupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  2. Boge v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  3. Gregory v. StateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
  4. State v. ByrgeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1999
  5. Grout v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982

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