STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 00-0487.

630 N.W.2d 583 (2001)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. George Wilburn JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria Ruhtenberg of Ruhtenberg Law Office, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Cristen C. Odell, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Stephanie Cox, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


TERNUS, Justice.

This case turns on an interpretation of Iowa Code section 901.10(2) (1999). This statute allows the court to reduce the mandatory minimum sentence imposed by Iowa Code section 124.413 if a defendant, who meets the other prerequisites of the statute, has cooperated in the prosecution of other drug offenders. Although the parties in the case before us agree that no reduction is possible unless the prosecutor has first requested one based on the required...

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