State of Iowa
v.
Ruslan Negruta
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ruslan Negruta
Attorney for the Appellee
Anagha Dixit, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Raya Dimitrova
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Boone County, John R. Flynn, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Ahlers and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Langholz, J. (6 pages)
Ruslan Negruta appeals his conviction and sentence for ongoing criminal conduct. He argues that his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary and that the district court abused its discretion in sentencing him to prison rather than probation. OPINION HOLDS: Because Negruta did not file a motion in arrest of judgment after being properly advised of the need to do so to challenge his guilty plea on appeal, we cannot consider the challenge to his plea. And seeing no abuse of discretion, we affirm the district court’s sentencing decision.
