State of Iowa
v.
Sebastian Michael Landrum
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Sebastian Michael Landrum
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Bradley M. Bender, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Meghan Corbin, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Schumacher, P.J., and Badding and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Langholz, J. Special Concurrence by Langholz, J. (13 pages)
Sebastian Landrum appeals his sentences for dominion or control of a firearm by a felon and possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, second offense. He argues that the district court abused its discretion by failing to adequately explain its reasons for the sentences, relying on only a single factor, and selecting the prison sentences rather than suspended sentences with probation. OPINION HOLDS: The district court adequately explained its sentencing reasons, properly considered multiple factors, and did not abuse its considerable sentencing discretion in selecting concurrent prison sentences. We thus affirm Landrum’s sentences. SPECIAL CONCURRENCE ASSERTS: I write separately to explain my persistent use of the legal-citation parenthetical “(cleaned up)” despite the contrary guidance of the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. In short, (cleaned up) is worth saving. And I hope that the bench and the bar will not be bullied by the Bluebook into letting it die.
