Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/16/1974

State v. Conley

Citations

222 N.W.2d 501
1974 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1142

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deciding as a matter of first impression that some habitual offender statutes are recidivist statutes
noting that a statute is recidivist when it “emphasizes conviction and disposition of the prior offense”
holding under predecessor statute that the first conviction and imposition of sentence must precede the second offense, and that both of the prior convictions and impositions of sentences must precede the third conviction
holding under predecessor statute that the first conviction and imposition of sentence must precede the second offense, and that both of the prior convictions and impositions of sentences must precede the third conviction
reversing a habitual offender enhancement where “[t]he incidents resulting in the first and second convictions each occurred before conviction and imposition of penalty for the first offense”

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Judges: Moore, Rees, Uh-Lenhopp, Harris, McCormick

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