State of Iowa
v.
Traavon Nathan Thomas
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Traavon Nathan Thomas
Attorney for the Appellee
Adam Kenworthy, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Ella M. Newell, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Jennifer Benson Bahr, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., and Langholz and Sandy, JJ. Opinion by Sandy, J. (14 pages)
Traavon Thomas appeals his sentence following his guilty plea for first-degree robbery. On appeal, Thomas claims the district court abused its discretion in imposing a seventeen-and-a-half-year mandatory minimum sentence. Thomas argues the district court imposed a harsher sentence than was necessary to ensure his rehabilitation and protection of the public. He also asserts the district court did not give proper consideration to numerous mitigating factors which weighed in favor of a reduced mandatory minimum sentence. OPINION HOLDS: Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm Thomas’s sentence.
