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STATE v. ALLOWAY

No. 04-1080.

707 N.W.2d 582 (2006)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Russell Lysle ALLOWAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Greta A. Truman, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Karen Doland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CADY, Justice.

This appeal requires us to again address a claim that the sentencing court abused its discretion in failing to suspend a sentence and grant probation in a case where the record fails to disclose the reasons for the sentence. We have previously urged trial courts to make a record of the reasons for the imposition of a sentence, and we again do so today. We vacate the decision of the court of appeals, and affirm the judgment and sentence of the district...

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