State v. Pappas

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a sentencing court rarely abuses its discretion when sentencing within statutory limits unless the trial court fails to exercise its discretion or considers inappropriate matters
• involving perjury and theft by a lawyer and sending messages to lawyers and public that dishonesty in the legal profession will not be tolerated
• noting that trial courts hold “an awesome and lonely responsibility in sentencing”
• noting that trial courts hold “an awesome and lonely responsibility in sentencing”
• involving perjury and theft by a lawyer and sending messages to lawyers and public that dishonesty in the legal profession will not be tolerated
• identifying factors listed in section 907.5 (standards for release on probation)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

61 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Formaro
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2002-01-24· cited 760×
• State of Iowa v. Shaunta Rose Hopkins
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-03-06· cited 183×
• State of Iowa v. Evan Paul Headley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-04-12· cited 98×
• State v. Bentley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2008-10-31· cited 77×
• State v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1994-05-26· cited 53×
• State v. Kirchoff
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-03-21· cited 48×
• State v. Ashley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-10-17· cited 37×
• State v. Barrett
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-08-16· cited 29×
• State v. Sumpter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-04-17· cited 22×
• State v. Stanley
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1983-12-27· cited 20×
• State v. Farnum
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-12-17· cited 17×
• State v. Hansen
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1983-12-27· cited 16×
• State v. Bragg
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1986-03-31· cited 15×
• State v. Floyd
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1990-12-27· cited 15×
• State v. Goodson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-07-21· cited 7×
• State v. Chancy
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-07-23· cited 5×
• McClure v. Iowa Real Estate Commission
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1984-09-06· cited 4×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1991-12-31· cited 2×
• State of Iowa v. Kimberly Ann Lane
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-05-14
• State of Iowa v. Tina Lynn Thacker
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-10-15

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Hildebrand
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-06-27· cited 129×
• State v. Morrison
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-08-25· cited 73×
• State v. Dvorsky
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-07-21· cited 66×
• State v. Messer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-06-17· cited 58×
• State v. Gartin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-11-22· cited 49×
• State v. Buck
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-02-22· cited 41×
• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-02-21· cited 39×
• State v. Grgurich
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-05-25· cited 19×