GOODWIN v. DISTRICT COURT FOR DAVIS COUNTY

No. 18-0737.

936 N.W.2d 634 (2019)

Michael Thomas GOODWIN, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR DAVIS COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , Assistant Appellate Defender, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, Rick L. Lynch , County Attorney, and Douglas D. Hammerand , Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.


In this appeal, we must decide whether a motion to correct an illegal sentence is a proper vehicle to challenge a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment on grounds alleging the sentencing court failed to correctly apply our precedent governing juvenile sentencings. A sixteen-year-old fatally shot his father and pled guilty to...

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