State v. Ceaser

TERNUS, Justice.

A jury found the defendant, Rodney Lee Ceaser, guilty of second-degree robbery, see Iowa Code §§ 711.1, .3 (1997), and the trial court sentenced him to a mandatory ten-year term of imprisonment, see id. §§ 902.9(3), .12. Ceaser appeals his conviction and sentence, contending (1) the trial court erroneously refused to instruct the jury on his claim of self-defense, and (2) Iowa Code section 902.12, which requires that he serve 100% of the maximum sentence without the possibility of parole or work release, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the federal and state…