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State of Iowa
v.
Andrew Michael Bonnell
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Andrew Michael Bonnell
Attorney for the Appellee
Sheryl Soich, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Mark C. Meyer
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Christopher L. Bruns, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Ahlers and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (8 pages)
Andrew Bonnell appeals the sentences imposed following his Alford plea to two counts of lascivious acts with a child. Bonnell claims the court considered improper information from the victim-impact statements. OPINION HOLDS: There is no clear evidence that the court considered improper information contained in the victim-impact statements. We presume the district court filtered out the improper information when considering the statements. Bonnell failed to preserve error on related constitutional claims, which would have failed on the merits even if preserved for our review.
