State v. Stewart
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and introduction of a controlled substance into a detention facility. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court entered an illegal sentence because the offenses of introduction and possession merged into a single offense by operation of Iowa’s merger statute. The court of appeals concluded that the offenses did not merge. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that neither the merger statute nor double jeopardy principles formed a basis for reversing Defendant’s possession conviction and that the crimes may be simultaneously charged in one criminal prosecution.
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