State v. Byers

SNELL, Justice.

Lawrence Joseph Byers appeals the sentence imposed after he pled guilty to a charge of delivery of cocaine, second offense. In his sole assignment of error, he argues that the sentencing judge incorrectly invoked the provisions of Iowa Code section 204.413 (1987), which, when applied by a sentencing court, requires an individual convicted of an offense pursuant to Iowa Code section 204.401(l)(a) and (b) (1987), to serve a minimum of one-third of his or her sentence. Byers contends that he was sentenced pursuant to Iowa Code section 204.-411 (1987), and that as a result section…