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FRYER v. SCURR

No. 65969.

309 N.W.2d 441 (1981)

David Lyle FRYER, Appellant, v. David SCURR, Warden at the Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa, and State of Iowa, County of Lyon, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Bjornstad of Cornwall, Avery, Bjornstad & Scott, Spencer, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gary L. Hayward, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Thomas Albers, Lyon County Atty., for appellees.

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

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the validity of a guilty plea to a murder charge.

David Lyle Fryer, having been informed that the penalty for first-degree murder is life imprisonment, pled guilty in 1974 to a charge of murder. In the course of the proceedings the sentencing court made sure that Fryer understood the penalty for first-degree murder. The court asked the following question and Fryer gave the following answer:

The Court: And what...

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