Opinion
No. 14–0257.
2015-03-25
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Richard osmond McLACHLAN Jr., Defendant–Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, Judge. A defendant who committed his drug offense as a juvenile challenges the constitutionality of the one-third minimum sentence provided in Iowa Code section 124.413. SENTENCE VACATED AND CASE REMANDED. William Bushell of Bushell Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kyle Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Mark Taylor, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.