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State of Iowa
v.
Joseph Vernon Kremer
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Joseph Vernon Kremer
Attorney for the Appellee
Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
John L. Dirks
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Fae Hoover Grinde, Judge. APPEAL DISMISSED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Badding and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (6 pages)
Joseph Kremer contends that he was denied due process when the district court imposed judgment and sentence before he entered guilty pleas for two offenses—operating without owner’s consent and eluding—committed in September 2021. The State concedes that those convictions postdated the judgment and sentence but argues that Kremer lacks good cause to appeal because the premature sentence was what he bargained for in the later-filed plea agreement. OPINION HOLDS: Kremer lacks good cause to appeal because the sentence was what he bargained for in the plea agreement. We dismiss the appeal.
