Opinion ID: 1802090
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Heading: The Mandatory Minimum.

Text: The mandatory minimum section reads, in pertinent part: A person sentenced pursuant to section 124.401, subsection 1, paragraph ... e, . . . shall not be eligible for parole until the person has served a minimum period of confinement of one-third of the maximum indeterminate sentence prescribed by law. Iowa Code § 124.413. Defendant reasons that section 124.413 cannot apply to sentences enhanced by section 124.411(1) because section 124.413 does not explicitly refer to the repeat-offender provision. We have previously rejected this contention in State v. Bumpus, 459 N.W.2d 619, 626-27 (Iowa 1990), and State v. Byers, 456 N.W.2d 917, 919 (Iowa 1990). The sentencing judge correctly applied the mandatory minimum sentence provisions contained in section 124.413.