State v. Brady

LARSON, Justice.

Defendant, Percy E. Brady, challenges his sentence as an habitual offender under Iowa Code section 902.8 (1983). He claims that his admission in open court of two prior felony convictions was tantamount to a plea of guilty under the habitual offender statute and that the court had failed to advise him fully regarding the possible punishment for an habitual offender as required by Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 8(2)(b). Specifically, he complains that the court erred in failing to inform him that payment of court costs would be included in his “punishment.” The district court…