State v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding trial judge properly exercised discretion by selecting sentence after weighing the options available, considering the statutory provisions, and considering the PSI, despite the PSI recommending \some kind of punishment\ rather than probation
• holding trial judge properly exercised discretion by selecting sentence after weighing the options available, considering the statutory provisions, and considering the PSI, despite the PSI recommending “some kind of punishment” rather than probation
• “The judge weighed the options available, considered the statutory provisions and the presentence report, had the benefit of observations made during trial, and, after all this, selected one of the options authorized by the legislature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Evan Paul Headley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-04-12· cited 98×
• Nassar Rizek v. Oscar Hernández
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1989-03-07· cited 91×
• State v. Allan Banks Gibb III
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-03-18· cited 63×
• State v. Inger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-05-21· cited 45×
• Citizens for Protection of Marriage v. Board of State Canvassers
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-10-28· cited 23×
• State v. Farnum
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-12-17· cited 17×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-05-13· cited 13×
• Lewis v. Iowa District Court for Des Moines County
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-10-23· cited 9×
• State v. Spence
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-08-29· cited 6×
• State of Iowa v. William Gene Moyers
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2019-10-09
• State of Iowa v. Heather Renee Reed
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2022-06-15
• State of Iowa v. Tracy Vern Buchholz
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-02-19

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Eugene Mason v. State of Arizona, A. E. Gomes, Superintendent, Arizona State Prison Atflorence
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-02-18· cited 106×
• State v. Cupples
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1967-07-11· cited 68×
• Gilman v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 67×
• State v. Horton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-06-25· cited 55×
• State v. Peckenschneider
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-12-17· cited 42×
• State v. Hancock
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-01-14· cited 27×
• State v. Entsminger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-07-18· cited 26×
• Zacek v. Brewer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-04-14· cited 23×
• Bieber v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-01-27· cited 22×
• State v. Mempa
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-11-25· cited 20×
• State ex rel. Stephens v. District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District ex rel. County of Big Horn
  Montana Supreme Court· 1976-05-12· cited 14×
• State v. Craig
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1960-12-13· cited 10×