TERMAAT v. STATE

No. 13-1849.

867 N.W.2d 853 (2015)

Philip Dean TERMAAT, Applicant-Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

January 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew R. Metzgar of Rhinehart Law, P.C., Sioux City, for appellant.

Philip Dean Termaat, Fort Dodge, appellant pro se.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Aaron Rogers , Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas Kunstle , County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by DANILSON, C.J., and VOGEL and BOWER, JJ.


Philip Termaat appeals the denial of his motion for correction of an illegal sentence. Termaat claims his sentences for voluntary manslaughter and attempt to commit murder are illegal because they violate Iowa's one-death, one-homicide rule as both are homicide offenses. We find attempt to commit murder is not a homicide offense and affirm...

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