State v. Hollins

HARRIS, Justice.

In State v. Conley, 222 N.W.2d 501, 503 (Iowa 1974), we interpreted our then-existing recidivism statute, section 747.5, The Code 1973. We held that, in order to invoke the provisions of that statute and impose sentence as such upon an habitual offender, the “first conviction and imposition of sentence must precede the second offense and that both of the prior convictions and impositions of sentence must precede the third conviction.” Id. We must now interpret our present recidivism statute, section 902.8, The Code 1981. Noting a change in the statutory language, the trial…