STATE v. MATLOCK

No. 65454.

304 N.W.2d 226 (1981)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ronnie Kay MATLOCK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Gilliam of Rapp & Gilliam, Waterloo, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Cleland, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James C. Bauch, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Justice.

Even though the court imposed the minimum sentence possible, should this case be remanded for resentencing because the court failed to state on the record its reasons for the sentence? We believe not and affirm because any error did not harm defendant.

Defendant Ronnie Kay Matlock was convicted after trial to the court of second-degree robbery in violation of section 711.3, Code Supp.1977. His sentence included a mandatory minimum term...

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