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STATE v. RAMIREZ

No. 85-1501.

400 N.W.2d 586 (1987)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John Joe RAMIREZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Newell, Muscatine, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Roxann M. Ryan and Rebecca L. Claypool, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Stephen J. Petersen, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

The defendant John Joe Ramirez entered an Alford1 plea to a charge of lascivious acts with a child. See Iowa Code § 709.8 (1985). He appealed after he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of five years. See Iowa Code § 902.9(4). The court of appeals held that the district court abused its discretion by denying the defendant's request to withdraw his guilty plea. Because of its decision...

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