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STATE v. WILLARD

No. 96-774.

568 N.W.2d 813 (1997)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Charles Edward WILLARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and James G. Tomka, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Ann E. Brenden and Thomas H. Miller, Assistant Attorneys General, and Mary L. Benton, County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Charles Willard was convicted of setting fire to All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart, Iowa. The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in sentencing Willard to two consecutive twenty-five-year terms—one for first-degree arson and one for second-degree arson as a hate crime. We hold that conviction and sentencing on both offenses is not permitted by our statutes. We affirm the conviction of first-degree arson, reverse the...

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