Legal Opinion
State v. Carey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 17, 1981No. 65709PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
In a number of felony cases we have refused to adopt the ABA standards for review of criminal sentences. The question here is whether we should adopt those standards for reviews in aggravated misdemeanor cases. The answer is no; we believe the same standard should prevail. Under that standard we affirm the trial court.
The defendant was convicted by his guilty plea of the crime of assault with intent to inflict serious injury in violation of section 708.1(1), The Code. A presen-tence investigation was ordered. From it and from the showing made the trial court learned that the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. KendallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- State v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- State v. PeckenschneiderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. DvorskySupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- State v. BraggCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986
- State v. BraggCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986
- State v. BraggCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986