Supreme Court of Iowa· 6/20/1990

State v. Draper

Citations

457 N.W.2d 600
1990 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 157
1990 WL 83664

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rejecting defendant’s interpretation of pertinent sentencing statutes because it would lead to an absurd result
stating ”[a]t most, section 814.20 might preclude us from increasing a sentence imposed by the district court in cases where the district court’s sentence is legal”
noting when a sentencing court departs upward or downward from a legislatively authorized sentence, the pronounced sentence is a nullity subject to correction on appeal or later
increasing sentences for drug violations to five years when the district court impermissibly imposed only three years
noting the district court is not permitted to disregard the mandates of the statute specifically defining mandatory minimums
stating an illegal sentence “is a nullity subject to correction, on direct appeal or later”

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Judges: McGiverin, Larson, Carter, Layorato, Neuman

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