STATE v. SWARTZ

No. 98-252.

601 N.W.2d 348 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ronald Dean SWARTZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane E. Rosien, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Karen Doland, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Ferguson, County Attorney, and Shawn Wehde, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, TERNUS, CADY, and HARRIS, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Ronald Dean Swartz, appeals from his conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of Iowa Code section 724.26 (1995). He contends that the statute creating that crime may not be applied to felons whose convictions preceded the law's effective date. He bases this contention on several legal theories. In considering those contentions and other arguments that defendant advances, we conclude that all claims of error are without...

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