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Dittmar v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
Dec 6, 2017
No. 17-0445 (Iowa Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2017)

Opinion

No. 17-0445

12-06-2017

CODY KINZIE DITTMAR, Applicant-Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.

Taryn R. McCarthy of Clemens, Walters, Conlon, Runde & Hiatt, L.L.P., Dubuque, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State.


Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Michael J. Shubatt, Judge. A defendant appeals the dismissal of his application for postconviction relief. AFFIRMED. Taryn R. McCarthy of Clemens, Walters, Conlon, Runde & Hiatt, L.L.P., Dubuque, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Sharon K. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Potterfield and McDonald, JJ. MCDONALD, Judge.

Cody Dittmar appeals from the denial of postconviction relief stemming from a sentence imposed as part of a plea deal. Dittmar pleaded guilty to unauthorized possession of an offensive weapon, in violation of Iowa Code sections 724.1(1)(b) and 724.3, and possession of an offensive weapon by a felon, in violation of Iowa Code section 724.26 (2011). He claims his consecutive sentences for these offenses violate the Double Jeopardy clause of the Iowa and United States Constitutions. The Iowa Supreme Court has already resolved Dittmar's claims. See State v. Halliburton, 539 N.W.2d 339, 345 (Iowa 1995) ("We think the legislature intended that a defendant who violates section 724.3 and section 724.26 be punished under both statutes. Consequently, [the defendant] was not subjected to double jeopardy."). "We are not at liberty to overrule controlling supreme court precedent." State v. Beck, 854 N.W.2d 56, 64 (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). We affirm the judgment of the district court without further opinion. See Iowa Ct. R. 21.26(1)(c), (d), (e).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Dittmar v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
Dec 6, 2017
No. 17-0445 (Iowa Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2017)
Case details for

Dittmar v. State

Case Details

Full title:CODY KINZIE DITTMAR, Applicant-Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA

Date published: Dec 6, 2017

Citations

No. 17-0445 (Iowa Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2017)