State of Iowa
v.
Mychael Richard Patten
Mychael Richard Patten seeks further review of the court of appeals opinion that rejected his argument that the State breached the plea agreement through the prosecutor’s statements at sentencing following his plea of guilty for domestic abuse assault, strangulation with bodily injury, child endangerment with substantial risk, assault with a dangerous weapon, and false imprisonment.
Resister
State of Iowa
Applicant
Mychael Richard Patten
Attorney for the Resister
Thomas J. Ogden
Attorney for the Applicant
Josh Irwin
Supreme Court
Oral Argument Schedule
Non-Oral
Sep 14, 2022 1:30 PM
Briefs
Supreme Court Opinion
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Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Lee (North) County, John M. Wright, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., Vaitheswaran, J., and Vogel, S.J. Opinion by Vogel, S.J. (5 pages)
Mychael Patten appeals his sentences, asserting the State breached the plea agreement. OPINION HOLDS: The court considered the big picture in sentencing Patten to incarceration. We cannot find the prosecutor explicitly or implicitly disapproved of the State’s recommendation of a suspended sentence, and we reject Patten’s claim the State breached the plea agreement.