Wallace v. State

LeGRAND, Justice.

This is a postconviction proceeding under Chapter 663A, The Code, to challenge petitioner’s sentence following his guilty plea to a charge of robbery with aggravation committed in violation of § 711.2, The Code.

Petitioner seeks to set aside his plea as having been entered in violation of the standards set forth in State v. Sisco, 169 N.W.2d 542 (Iowa 1969) and Brainard v. State, 222 N.W.2d 711 (Iowa 1974). We reverse and remand with instructions.

The plea was entered on February 5, 1973, more than a year before Brainard, which has no retroactive effect. However, much of what…