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STATE v. RAGLAND

No. 10-1770.

812 N.W.2d 654 (2012)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Jeffrey K. RAGLAND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon M. Kinnamon , Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Thomas S. Tauber , Assistant Attorney General, Matthew D. Wilber , County Attorney, and Margaret Jane Popp Reyes , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

WIGGINS, Justice.

A juvenile offender, who the State tried as an adult, brought a postconviction relief action1 claiming that his conviction for first-degree murder should be overturned and that his sentence is illegal because it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment under the State and Federal Constitutions. The district court dismissed both claims and the court of appeals affirmed, holding

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