State v. Iowa District Court for Shelby County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Sentencing is an independent function that follows adjudication of guilt; it is the sole duty of the judiciary, subject to statutory prescriptions of the legislature.”
• “A court has no power to suspend a sentence unless that power is conferred by statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).