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State of Iowa
v.
Ashanti Deanna Phillips
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ashanti Deanna Phillips
Attorney for the Appellee
Nicholas E. Siefert, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Jane M. White
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, David P. Odekirk, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (7 pages)
Ashanti Phillips appeals the sentence imposed following her Alford plea. She contends the district court abused its discretion in not suspending her term of incarceration and believing it had no discretion to suspend the fine associated with her conviction for a serious misdemeanor. OPINION HOLDS: The court did not abuse its discretion when it chose to not suspend Phillips’s term of incarceration, and it had no discretion to suspend the fine associated with her serious misdemeanor conviction.
