State v. Powers

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises issues of interpretation and constitutionality of section 902.7, Code Supp.1977, which imposes a minimum five-year prison sentence upon a defendant found guilty of a “forcible felony” involving the real or simulated threat of a firearm.

March 7, 1978, defendant was charged by trial information with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of willful injury, based upon his acts of shooting his wife and daughter. Defendant entered guilty pleas to the attempted murder counts. The willful injury counts eventually were dismissed. Trial court…