State of Iowa
v.
Joshua Kelly Uranga
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Joshua Kelly Uranga
Attorney for the Appellee
Joseph D. Ferrentino, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Chris Raker
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Certiorari to the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Kristen Formanek, Judge. WRIT ANNULLED. Considered without oral argument by Ahlers, P.J., Langholz, J., and Mullins, S.J. Opinion by Langholz, J. (3 pages)
Joshua Uranga challenges the jurisdiction of the district court to act in his criminal proceeding while his application for discretionary review was pending in the supreme court. OPINION HOLDS: We treat Uranga’s challenge as a petition for writ of certiorari, grant the writ, and proceed to the merits. Because an application for discretionary review does not deprive the district court of jurisdiction and Uranga did not seek a stay while the application was pending, the district court had jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea, adjudicate him guilty, and impose a sentence. We thus annul the writ.
