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STATE v. SCHMINKEY

No. 97-2333.

597 N.W.2d 785 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. William Joseph SCHMINKEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Christopher Cooklin, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, Ray Lough, County Attorney, and Karen Duncan, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, William Schminkey, entered Alford pleas to the offenses of homicide by vehicle, see Iowa Code § 707.6A(1) (1997), and theft of a motor vehicle, see id. §§ 714.1, .2(2). See generally North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S.Ct. 160, 167, 27 L.Ed.2d 162, 171 (1970) (holding that an accused may consent to the imposition of a prison sentence even if he is...

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