STATE v. GOBLE

No. 22-1507.

4 N.W.3d 700 (2024)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Jacob Lee GOBLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed March 29, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Clausen of Clausen Law Office, Ames, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Thomas E. Bakke , Des Moines, and Anagha Dixit , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Mansfield, McDonald, and Oxley, JJ., joined. McDermott, J., filed a special concurrence. May, J., filed a special concurrence, in which Christensen, C.J., joined.


In this appeal, we must decide whether the district court relied on an improper factor when it mentioned parole while sentencing the defendant to prison. The defendant, a recidivist drug offender, pleaded guilty to a class "D" felony and was sentenced to an indeterminate prison sentence of up to five years. In explaining the reasons...

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