STATE v. BERES

No. 19-0369.

943 N.W.2d 575 (2020)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Chance Ryan BERES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vidhya K. Reddy , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, and Bart K. Klaver , County Attorney, for appellee.


I. Introduction.

This case gives us the opportunity to reaffirm once more that plea agreements are contracts, and accordingly, they are subject to general principles of contract law.

The plea agreement here provided that the defendant would plead guilty to his pending charge of second-degree arson, that he would...

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