Philip Vitale v. Schering-Plough Corporation

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• deciding that the appropriate remedy in Iowa for correction of an life-without-parole sentence in light of Graham was to eliminate the “without parole” provision
• deciding that the appropriate remedy in Iowa for correction of an life- without-parole sentence in light of Graham was to eliminate the “without parole” provision
• holding when part of a sentence is invalid it may be severed from the rest of the sentence so as to leave the valid portions intact
• permitting an invalid part of a sentence to be severed and leave the valid portions intact
• construing postconviction relief action as a motion to correct an illegal sentence before considering appeal
• noting Bonilla appealed the district court’s denial of his PCR application but did “not raise any of the issues that were before the district court”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).