Tindell v. State

LARSON, Justice.

In 1995 James Tindell entered a plea of guilty to fraudulent conduct under Iowa Code sections 502A.6 and 502A.14(1) (1995). He withdrew the plea at sentencing, however, because the sentencing judge refused to grant probation. On the same day, Tindell was sentenced by a different judge, without again pleading guilty. In this postconviction-relief proceeding, Tin-dell argues his sentence was “illegal” because “at the time of sentencing there was no plea or finding of guilt on the record. The previous plea of guilty had been withdrawn by leave of court, and it had not been…