LAVORATO, Justice.
We granted the State's application for discretionary review in these two simple misdemeanor cases so we could answer the question whether Iowa's domestic abuse statute requires a mandatory minimum two-day jail term. We hold that it does when the sentencing court does not grant a deferred judgment or sentence. We vacate the sentences of fines only in both cases. We remand both cases for resentencing.
In separate actions in the fall of 1991...
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