STATE v. BRACE

No. 54319.

181 N.W.2d 244 (1970)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Larry Lee BRACE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Getscher & Getscher, Hamburg, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Michael J. Laughlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gene Eaton, County Atty., Sidney, for appellee.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The main question to be resolved in this appeal is whether a sentence of 25 years imposed by the trial court for aggravated robbery is too severe.

Defendant, aged 28, was born and reared in southwest Iowa. The family was unstable and moved about frequently. The father and mother had but limited education. Defendant seems to have a mental block as to his youth and can remember only parts of it. He is not mentally ill or subnormal, but his...

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