902.7  Minimum sentence--use of a dangerous weapon.

At the trial of a person charged with participating in a forcible felony, if the trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable doubt that the person is guilty of a forcible felony and that the person represented that the person was in the immediate possession and control of a dangerous weapon, displayed a dangerous weapon in a threatening manner, or was armed with a dangerous weapon while participating in the forcible felony the convicted person shall serve a minimum of five years of the sentence imposed by law. A person sentenced pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for parole until the person has served the minimum sentence of confinement imposed by this section.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 902.7]

Section History: Recent form

  95 Acts, ch 126, §1

Internal References

  Referred to in § 901.10, 903A.5

Footnotes

  Definition of forcible felony, § 702.11


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