State of Iowa
v.
Jeremy Scot Quillen
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jeremy Scot Quillen
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Nan Jennisch, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Boone County, Kurt J. Stoebe, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., Tabor, J., and Carr, S.J. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (3 pages)
Jeremy Scot Quillen appeals his convictions and sentences for domestic abuse assault, third or subsequent conviction, and domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury. Quillen argues the trial court erred in failing to merge the two convictions and asserts sentence should have been imposed only on the domestic-abuse-assault-causing-bodily-injury conviction. OPINION HOLDS: Because Quillen’s merger argument would defeat the legislative policy behind statutory enhancement for third-or-subsequent-offense domestic abuse assault, we find no error.
