weight factors in Iowa

2019See Bentley, 757 N.W.2d at 262 (providing standards for determining an abuse of discretion).

2019See Bentley, 757 N.W.2d at 262 (providing standard for determining an abuse of discretion).

2025Yet that is exactly what Brandel asks us to do in asserting that the court improperly weighed his age and lack of criminal history and “exaggerated the nature of the crime.” While the court did not give the same weight to the factors that Brandel does on appeal, the “right of an individual judge to balance the relevant factors in determining an appropriate sentence inheres in the discretionary standard.” State v. Wright, 340 N.W.2d 590, 593 (Iowa 1983).

2023Applying the wrong standard could be grounds for reversal and a remand to apply the correct standard, see, e.g., State v. Ellis, 578 N.W.2d 655, 659 (Iowa 1998), but Ash does not raise that complaint on appeal. 12 evidence supports M.H.’s version of the events.

2022“Though the court did not give the same weight to the factors” Green does on appeal, “the sentence imposed by the court was not based ‘on grounds or for reasons clearly untenable,’ nor was its choice ‘clearly unreasonable’ under the circumstances.” State v. Gryp, No. 18-1132, 2019 WL 719046 , at *2 (Iowa Ct. App. Feb. 20, 2019) (citation omitted); accord Hill, 878 N.W.2d at 272 (setting out abuse-of-discretion standard).

1970In support of this, the most convincing citation is Nelson v. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. [Iowa], 160 N.W.2d 448, 453 (1968): “Plaintiff urges the weight of this presumption alone is enough to require submission to the jury.