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STATE v. SLUYTER

No. 07-0087.

763 N.W.2d 575 (2009)

STATE of Iowa, Defendant, v. Michael Allen SLUYTER, Plaintiff.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Martha J. Lucey, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Thomas W. Andrews, Assistant Attorney General, and Clinton L. Spurrier, County Attorney, for defendant.

TERNUS, Justice.

In this original certiorari proceeding,1 the plaintiff, Michael Sluyter, challenges the district court's use of contempt procedures to collect a cost judgment entered against him after he was acquitted of crimes at trial. Sluyter claims this judgment, representing the attorney fees for his court — appointed counsel and associated costs of his defense, is a civil liability that must be enforced through civil debt...

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