State v. Iowa District Court for Shelby County

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this original certiorari action, plaintiff, State of Iowa, challenges the authority of defendants, The Iowa District Court for Shelby County and The Honorable Paul H. Sulhoff, Judge, to grant suspended sentences and probation to Roger Petersen for his convictions by guilty pleas of third-degree kidnapping and assault while participating in a felony. Petersen is the real party in interest in this action and was allowed to file a brief for the nominally named defendants.

The facts underlying the two convictions, as contained in the minutes of testimony of the State’s…