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STATE v. TENNY

No. 92-320.

493 N.W.2d 824 (1992)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Waymond TENNY, Appellee. STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Todd PHILLIPS, Appellee. STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Steven Curtis FALLIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Sarcone, County Atty., and Mark J. Sandon, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

No appearance for appellees Tenny, Phillips, and Fallis.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN and SNELL, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

Today we hold that with the exception of a one-time deferred judgment or sentence, Iowa's domestic abuse statute requires a mandatory minimum two-day jail term. See Iowa Code § 708.2A(4) (Supp.1991); State v. Davis, 493 N.W.2d 820, 824 (Iowa 1992). This holding disposes of the first issue raised in these consolidated cases that are now before us. The second issue is whether such statute—...

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