STATE v. CRONKHITE

No. 99-128.

613 N.W.2d 664 (2000)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Palmer Ray CRONKHITE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Walter of Johnson, Hester, Walter & Breckenridge, L.L.P., Ottumwa, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Jean C. Pettinger and James Kivi, Assistant Attorneys General, John A. Morrissey, County Attorney, and Timothy W. Dille, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


SNELL, Justice.

Defendant, Palmer Ray Cronkhite, pled guilty to murder in the second degree, in violation of Iowa Code section 707.3 (1997), a class "B" felony. Cronkhite was subsequently sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed fifty years. See Iowa Code § 707.3. Pursuant to his plea agreement, Cronkhite objected to the imposition of sentencing mandates under which he is required to serve one hundred percent of the maximum term...

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