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Supreme Court of Iowa· 7/5/2001

State v. Johnson

Citations

  • 630 N.W.2d 583
  • 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 119
  • 2001 WL 747594

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating court “will not ‘read something into the law that is not apparent from the words chosen by the legislature’ ” (citation omitted)
  • “[T]he court will not ‘substitute its judgment for that of the legislature on matters of policy.’ ” (Citation omitted.)
  • \[T]he court will not `substitute its judgment for that of the legislature on matters of policy.'\ (Citation omitted.)
  • “Subject to the statutorily prescribed punishments for criminal offenses, the actual sentencing of a defendant is an independent function that is the sole province of the judiciary.”
  • “Subject to the statutorily prescribed punishments for criminal offenses, the actual sentencing of a defendant is an independent function that is the sole province of the judiciary.”
  • “When a court has discretion in sentencing, it must exercise that discretion.”

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Judges: Ternus, Carter

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