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State of Iowa
v.
Cassandra Doran
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Cassandra Doran
Attorney for the Appellee
Zachary Miller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Jack E. Dusthimer
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Clinton County, Patrick McElyea (plea) and Henry W. Latham II (sentencing), Judges. CONVICTIONS AFFIRMED, SENTENCE VACATED, AND CASE REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING. Considered by Bower, C.J., and May and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (3 pages)
Cassandra Doran appeals her convictions and sentence following guilty pleas to willful injury causing serious injury with a dangerous weapon and three counts of second-degree criminal mischief. She challenges the court’s order for restitution and attacks her plea via an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. OPINION HOLDS: We vacate the restitution portion of the defendant’s sentence and remand for resentencing under the appropriate reasonable-ability-to-pay analysis. We preserve the ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim for possible postconviction-relief proceedings.
