STATE v. ZARATE

No. 15-2203.

908 N.W.2d 831 (2018)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Rene ZARATE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed March 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Smith and Benjamin Bergmann of Parrish Kruidenier Dunn Boles Gribble Gentry Brown & Bergmann L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Joseph Fraioli and Rita Bettis of ACLU of Iowa, Des Moines, for amicus curiae.


The defendant, convicted of first-degree murder as a juvenile offender, challenges his sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving a minimum term of twenty-five-years confinement as determined by the district court. By means of a motion to correct an illegal sentence, the defendant challenges the sentencing...

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