STATE v. MATHESON

No. 02-1743.

684 N.W.2d 243 (2004)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert Benjamin MATHESON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Martha J. Lucey, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Sheryl A. Soich, Assistant Attorney General, Rosalise Olson, County Attorney, and Edward W. Bjornstad, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue in this appeal from a criminal sentencing is exceptionally narrow. Impact statements by victims of an out-of-state crime should not have been admitted into evidence. The State contends the error in admitting them was harmless and thus does not require reversal. We conclude the error was not harmless and therefore reverse and remand. So doing, we vacate a contrary determination by the court of appeals.

The underlying facts are as...

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