Summary
determining the defendant "knowingly and intentionally waived his right to make a statement in mitigation of punishment" by expressly waiving his "right to personally address the court at the time of sentencing," which "unambiguously refer[red] to [the defendant]'s right of allocution"
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No. 13–2049.
10-28-2015
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Demarcus Letrelle CULBERSON, Defendant–Appellant.
Thomas J. O'Flaherty of O'Flaherty Law Firm, Bettendorf, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik and Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorneys General, Michael J. Walton, County Attorney, and Robert Bradfield, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.
DECISION WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINION
Affirmed.