State v. DeWitt

HABHAB, Judge.

The defendant, Berton Allen DeWitt, was convicted of the crime of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), in violation of Iowa Code section 204.401(3), after a trial by jury. The defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $300, a fifteen percent surcharge, plus costs of prosecution. The defendant was also sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed six months, but this was suspended and the defendant was placed on probation.

At the time of sentencing, the defendant was on parole. The trial court made the present sentence consecutive to the sentence he was on parole…