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STATE v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY

No. 00-0271.

630 N.W.2d 778 (2001)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary E. Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, and Steven E. Goodlow, County Attorney, for plaintiff.

Christine E. Branstad of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for defendant.

TERNUS, Justice.

This case is a certiorari action brought by the State challenging the district court's authority to sentence Clyde Gullion, a class "B" drug felon, to a ten-year indeterminate prison term. Upon our review, we think the court misconstrued Iowa Code section 901.10(1) (1999). Contrary to the district court's interpretation of this statute, it does not permit the court to reduce the twenty-five-year indeterminate sentence normally imposed for class "B...

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