STATE v. MOTT

No. 05-1563.

731 N.W.2d 392 (2007)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Harlan MOTT, Jr. Appellant. Harlan Mott, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Iowa District Court for Polk County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Dennis D. Hendrickson, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Steve Foritano, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


HECHT, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether Harlan Mott, who was sentenced to a jail term of one year in the county jail for a misdemeanor assault conviction and later ordered to consecutively serve an additional 150 days in a county jail as punishment for contempt committed during the trial on the assault charge, should be incarcerated in the county jail or committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa Department of Corrections. Mott claims...

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