Sentences with phrase «very old statute»

Not exact matches

A federal judge has decided not to toss out a lawsuit about the constitutionality of Iowa's 6 - year - old «agricultural production facility fraud» statute, meaning the issue will very likely go to trial next year.

But, the new DA disagreed with the legal analysis and / or position taken in the case by the old DA and the trial judge, and concluded that the sentence was invalid and that she would lose on appeal (the issue concerned the application of a recidivist sentencing statute in Colorado to cause a minor offense to have a very long sentence).