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Supreme Court of Iowa· 1/8/2010

State v. Tripp

Citations

  • 776 N.W.2d 855
  • 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 3
  • 2010 WL 45929

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  • concluding challenge to lifetime parole was not ripe for review where defendant was on probation
  • noting an offender “may be released from parole [under the lifetime special sentence] at any time” through “administrative decisions that have yet to be made”
  • determining constitutional challenge to special sentence of lifetime parole is not ripe for review until defendant begins serving sentence
  • finding issue involving “administrative decisions that have yet to be made” not ripe for adjudication
  • finding a challenge to a lifetime parole sentence was not ripe because: (1) the defendant had served no time in prison; (2) the sentence was suspended, and defendant was on probation; (3) parole supervision and terms can be modified or deleted, and; (4
  • stating “Tripp is not currently on parole . . . [and we] do not know the terms of his parole and the extent to which those terms may be onerous” and noting “the special sentence is not necessarily for life” as the possibility of early discharge exists

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Judges: Baker, Streit

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