State of Iowa v. Dylan Mills

What the court decided

Result: AFFIRMED

Dylan Mills was caught after distributing four videos of child sexual abuse material. He pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and twelve counts of possessing or purchasing depictions of minors engaged in sex acts, for a maximum possible sentence of one-hundred years. The court imposed four consecutive ten-year terms and one five-year term, for a total of forty-five years in prison. Mills appeals, arguing the district court abused its discretion by not adequately explaining why it imposed consecutive prison terms and denied probation.

Holding: Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

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Judges

• Written by Judge Sharon Soorholtz Greer
• Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., Sandy, J., and Doyle, S.J.
• Trial judge: David M. Porter, Polk County

Iowa Code it cites

§728.12

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