State v. Blakley

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this discretionary review, we must decide whether the State’s motion to amend sentence to include restitution was untimely under Iowa Code section 910.3 (1993). The district court thought so and refused to allow the State’s requested amendment because it was filed some nine months after sentencing.

We conclude the district court erred in interpreting section 910.3. We reverse the district court’s order denying the State’s sentencing amendment. We remand for hearing on the defendant’s remaining objection to the State’s motion.

On the evening of February 26, 1993, Iowa City…