Court Opinion

ID: 9724798
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:14:34.30677+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:06.298159
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WIGGINS, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur in the majority’s opinion vacating Bearse’s sentence and remanding the case for resentencing on the grounds the prosecutor breached the plea agreement. However, for the reasons set out in the dissent in State v. Straw, 709 N.W.2d 128, 138 (Iowa 2006) (Lavorato, C.J., dissenting), I dissent from the majority’s decision to preserve Bearse’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on the district court’s failure to advise him of the special life sentence prior to accepting his guilty plea. I would apply a per se prejudice rule, vacate the judgment of conviction, and remand the case to allow the defendant to plead anew because the district court failed to advise Bearse of the special life sentence.