Legal Opinion
State v. Tripp
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 8, 2010No. 08-0805PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Justice.
The defendant, Schuyler Cole Tripp, appeals following his guilty plea to sexual abuse in the third degree in violation of Iowa Code section 709.4(2)(c)(4) (2007). He appeals specifically from that portion of his sentence imposed pursuant to Iowa Code section 903B.1, committing him to the Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections for a term of life, with supervision as if on parole. Defendant alleges that, as applied to third-degree sexual assault under Iowa law, this special sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the prohibitions contained in the…
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