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STATE v. RUTHERFORD

No. 22-0553.

997 N.W.2d 142 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Murphy Lee RUTHERFORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed November 3, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellate Defender, and Theresa R. Wilson , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Timothy M. Hau , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, Mansfield, McDonald, and May joined. McDermott, J., filed an opinion concurring specially.

Murphy Lee Rutherford entered a written guilty plea to second-degree theft and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm (all class "D" felonies) after he was arrested for taking two firearms from an acquaintance's home. The district court sentenced him to three consecutive five-year sentences of imprisonment. Rutherford...

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