State v. Taylor

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves imposition of a deferred sentence on a plea of guilty to a charge of larceny in the nighttime.

The facts, so far as necessary to understand the errors assigned, are as follows. By information, the Page County Attorney charged defendant Donald R. Taylor with larceny in the nighttime and alleged that defendant “did commit Larceny in the nighttime of property the value of which exceeds $20.00, said Larceny from Skeeter’s Skelly Service in Clarinda, Iowa in violation of Section 709.4 of the 1971 Code of Iowa.”

Mr. John H. Teget, who was court-appointed,…