State v. Edgington

A defendant contends the district court erred in concluding he was ineligible for a deferred judgment under Iowa Code section 232.8(3) (1997). We hold the district court was without authority to grant a deferred judgment and affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.

In February 1997, the seventeen-year-old defendant, Christopher Edgington, was charged with first-degree burglary in violation of Iowa Code sections 713.1 and 713.3. 1 Since he was at least sixteen years of age and had been charged with a forcible felony, the violation was excluded…