Court Opinion

ID: 9584795
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:52:46.244234+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:16:05.755733
License: Public Domain

CARTER, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. I would affirm the interpretation of section 901.10(2) that the district court applied.
Because section 901.10(2) grants authority to the prosecution to determine whether the sentence may be reduced below that which is otherwise statutorily prescribed, I submit that this grant of authority logically carries with it the right of the prosecution to condition any recommendation of a lesser sentence by imposing a limit on the extent of permissible sentence reduction.
Even if the majority is correct in its interpretation of the statute the case should not be remanded for a revised sentence. It should be remanded with directions to allow the prosecution to determine anew whether it wishes to make any sentencing concession given the majority’s interpretation of this statute.