host factors in Iowa

2024State v. Formaro, 638 N.W.2d 720, 725 (Iowa 2002) (“[E]qually important to consider the host of factors that weigh in on the often arduous task of sentencing a criminal offender, including the nature of the offense, the attending circumstances, the age, character and propensity of the offender, and the chances of reform.”).

2024The court must weigh a host of factors including “the nature of the offense, the attending circumstances, the age, character and propensity of the offender, and the chances of reform.” Formaro, 638 N.W.2d at 724–25.

2019See State v. August, 589 N.W.2d 740, 744 (Iowa 1999).

2002See State v. August, 589 N.W.2d 740, 744 (Iowa 1999).

2021Jonas, 904 N.W.2d at 574 ; see Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 , 386–87 (2010) (“Reviewing courts are properly resistant to second- guessing the trial judge’s estimation of a juror’s impartiality, for that judge’s appraisal is ordinarily influenced by a host of factors impossible to capture fully in the record . . . . the in-the-moment voir dire affords the trial court a more intimate and immediate basis for assessing a venire member’s fitness for jury service.”).

2017Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358, 386 , 130 S.Ct. 2896, 2918 , 177 L.Ed.2d 619 (2010); see also Thompson v. Keohane, 516 U.S. 99, 111 , 116 S.Ct. 457, 464-65 , 133 L.Ed.2d 383 (1995) (noting the assessment of a juror’s impartiality “depends heavily on the trial court’s appraisal of witness credibility and demeanor”: and stating that “ttjhis Court has reasoned that a trial court is better positioned to make decisions of this genre,, and has therefore accorded the judgment of the jurist-observer ‘presumptive weight’”); Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1036-38 , 104 S.Ct. 2885, 2891-92 , 81

2024Our supreme court has said, “[r]oughly stated, character is what a man actually is, while reputation is what his neighbors say he is.” State v. Poston, 199 Iowa 1073, 1074 , 203 N.W. 257, 258 (1925). “[Q]uarrelsome, violent, aggressive or turbulent character” is character evidence.

2024Our supreme court has said, “[r]oughly stated, character is what a man actually is, while reputation is what his neighbors say he is.” State v. Poston, 199 Iowa 1073, 1074 , 203 N.W. 257, 258 (1925). “[Q]uarrelsome, violent, aggressive or turbulent character” is character evidence.

2022It is equally important to consider the host of factors that weigh in on the often arduous task of sentencing a criminal offender, including the nature of the offense, the attending circumstances, the age, character and 1See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37 (1970); State v. Knight, 701 N.W.2d 83, 85 (Iowa 2005) (stating that, under an Alford plea, “the defendant made no admission of his guilt at the plea proceeding”). 3 propensity of the offender, and the chances of reform.

2022It is equally important to consider the host of factors that weigh in on the often arduous task of sentencing a criminal offender, including the nature of the offense, the attending circumstances, the age, character and 1See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37 (1970); State v. Knight, 701 N.W.2d 83, 85 (Iowa 2005) (stating that, under an Alford plea, “the defendant made no admission of his guilt at the plea proceeding”). 3 propensity of the offender, and the chances of reform.

2017Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358, 386 , 130 S.Ct. 2896, 2918 , 177 L.Ed.2d 619 (2010); see also Thompson v. Keohane, 516 U.S. 99, 111 , 116 S.Ct. 457, 464-65 , 133 L.Ed.2d 383 (1995) (noting the assessment of a juror’s impartiality “depends heavily on the trial court’s appraisal of witness credibility and demeanor”: and stating that “ttjhis Court has reasoned that a trial court is better positioned to make decisions of this genre,, and has therefore accorded the judgment of the jurist-observer ‘presumptive weight’”); Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1036-38 , 104 S.Ct. 2885, 2891-92 , 81

2017Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358, 386 , 130 S.Ct. 2896, 2918 , 177 L.Ed.2d 619 (2010); see also Thompson v. Keohane, 516 U.S. 99, 111 , 116 S.Ct. 457, 464-65 , 133 L.Ed.2d 383 (1995) (noting the assessment of a juror’s impartiality “depends heavily on the trial court’s appraisal of witness credibility and demeanor”: and stating that “ttjhis Court has reasoned that a trial court is better positioned to make decisions of this genre,, and has therefore accorded the judgment of the jurist-observer ‘presumptive weight’”); Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1036-38 , 104 S.Ct. 2885, 2891-92 , 81

1994See In re Estate of Bolton, 403 N.W.2d 40, 44 (Iowa App.1987); 31 Am.Jur.2d Executors and Administrators § 477 (1989); Model Code of Professional Responsibility DR 2-106 (1980).