State v. Beach

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the legality of the sentence imposed by the court upon the defendant’s guilty plea to third-offense operating while intoxicated. Because the court imposed a condition not authorized by the applicable sentencing statute, we vacate the sentence and remand for resen-tencing.

I. Background.

The facts are undisputed. The State charged defendant, Royce Alan Beach, with operating while intoxicated (OWI), third offense, in violation of Iowa Code section 321J.2 (1999). Beach pled guilty as charged. At sentencing, the court committed Beach to the custody of the…