STATE v. GORDON

No. 22-1062.

998 N.W.2d 859 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. David Daniel GORDON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karmen R. Anderson , Des Moines, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Genevieve Reinkoester , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices join.


The law equips judges with an array of options when sentencing the guilty. Under one such option, a sentencing judge within one year of having sentenced someone to prison may resentence the person. This strategy allows the judge to modify a sentence after the guilty party has served some weeks or months incarcerated and thus...

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