State of Iowa
v.
Knicolas Davon Lewis
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Knicolas Davon Lewis
Attorney for the Appellee
Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Brenda J. Gohr (until withdrawal) and Mary K. Conroy, Assistant Appellate Defenders
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Susan Christensen, Judge. SENTENCE VACATED AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Doyle and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Potterfield, P.J. (3 pages)
Knicolas Lewis appeals from his sentence for robbery in the second degree. He maintains the sentencing court’s refusal to consider a deferred judgment as a sentencing option constituted an abuse of discretion. OPINION HOLDS: Iowa Code section 901.5(14) (2017) gave the court discretion to enter a deferred judgment in Lewis’s case. Because the court was unaware it could enter a deferred judgment, we vacate Lewis’s sentence and remand for resentencing.