State v. Everett

HARRIS, Justice.

After a bench trial defendant was convicted of second degree robbery. See Iowa Code §§ 711.1 and 711.3 (1983). By stipulation the trial record consisted of the minutes of testimony attached to the county attorney’s information. The sole question on defendant’s appeal is whether the trial court, because of the practical impact of the stipulation, was required to advise defendant of the stipulation’s likely consequences in accordance with the procedure prescribed for taking guilty pleas under Iowa rule of criminal procedure 8(2)(b). Because we find there was no such requirement…