State v. Alloway

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• noting that the court can satisfy the requirement to state its reasons for imposing sentence either by orally stating the reasons for sentencing at a reported hearing or in the written sentencing order
• “We normally review sentencing decisions for abuse of discretion.” (citing State v. Evans, 671 N.W.2d 720, 727 (Iowa 2003))
• “As in Mudra, we will not permit a defendant to raise an issue without attempting to give us a record upon which we can decide the issue.”
• “[The defendant] failed to produce a record, and his failure to 1 The facts here are similar to those found in State v. Thompson, No. 13-1764, 2014 WL 2885345 (Iowa Ct. App. June 25, 2014
• “When a court is given discretion in sentencing, a statement of the reasons for the sentence is necessary to allow appellate courts to determine if the discretion in imposing one form of sentence over another form was abused.”

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