State v. Beaver

SCHLEGEL, Judge.

Defendant, convicted of robbery in the first degree in violation of Iowa Code section 711.2, appeals his sentence to no more than twenty-five years subject to a five-year minimum before parole eligibility. Defendant contends that the district court erred in imposing the five-year minimum prison sentence against him. Defendant also contends that the court erred in failing to state on the record the reasons for its sentence. Our review is for the correction of errors at law. Iowa R.App.P. 4.

The defendant, Tim Beaver, was charged by trial information with first-degree robbery.…