State v. Grandberry

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Christopher Grandberry, pled guilty to first-degree theft in violation of Iowa Code sections 714.1(1) and 714.2(1) (1999), pursuant to a plea agreement. The court sentenced him to an indeterminate, ten-year term of imprisonment. After considering the arguments on appeal, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

Defendant contends that the sentencing judge relied on improper sentencing considerations by referring to defendant’s failure to appear on traffic charges when no failure-to-appear charges were prosecuted. In explaining the reason for defendant’s sentence, the…