Grout v. State

ALLBEE, Justice.

Petitioner Cheryl Grout appeals from the postconviction court’s denial of her application for postconviction relief, wherein she challenged the voluntariness of her guilty plea. In January 1979, Grout pleaded guilty to first degree robbery and was subsequently sentenced to a mandatory term of no more than 25 years. See §§ 711.1, .2, 902.3, .9(1), Supplement to the Code 1977. Because of a prior conviction for the forcible felony of second degree robbery, she is required to serve at least I2V2 of those years without any possibility of parole. This requirement arises from section…