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Case No. 23-1614

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State of Iowa
v.
Lanard Antonio Collins

County:
Buchanan

Appellee

State of Iowa

Appellant

Lanard Antonio Collins

Attorney for the Appellee

Nicholas Siefert and Anagha Dixit, Assistant Attorney General, and Makenna Konkol, Law Student

Attorney for the Appellant

Austin Jungblut

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
23-1614
Date Published:
Jun 19, 2024
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Buchanan County, Alan T. Heavens, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Ahlers, P.J., and Chicchelly and Buller, JJ.  Opinion by Chicchelly, J.  (5 pages)

            Lanard Antonio Collins appeals the sentence imposed after his guilty plea to willful injury resulting in bodily injury as a habitual offender, contending the district court abused its sentencing discretion by relying on certain factors and imposing incarceration instead of probation.  OPINION HOLDS: Because we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm Collins’s sentence.

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