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STATE v. LETSCHER

No. 14-1851.

888 N.W.2d 880 (2016)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Patrick John LETSCHER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 30, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and Vidhya K. Reddy , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Katherine M. Krickbaum (until withdrawal), then Thomas J. Ogden and Kevin Cmelik , Assistant Attorneys General, and Adam D. Sauer , County Attorney, for appellee.

Alan R. Ostergren , County Attorney, for amicus curiae Iowa County Attorneys Association.

In this case, we consider whether a sentence in a criminal case may include a provision for the forfeiture of a pretrial bail bond in payment of the various financial obligations imposed as a part of the sentence. We conclude a sentencing court in Iowa is not authorized to impose forfeiture of bail. We vacate the decision of...

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