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Case No. 22-1794

State of Iowa
v.
Quarian Deonte Moore

Appellee

State of Iowa

Appellant

Quarian Deonte Moore

Attorney for the Appellee

Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General

Attorney for the Appellant

Theresa R. Wilson and Ashley Stewart (until withdrawal), Assistant Appellate Defenders

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
22-1794
Date Published:
Jul 03, 2024
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Scott D. Rosenberg, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Heard by Bower, C.J., and Tabor and Greer, JJ., but decided by Tabor, P.J., Greer, J., and Bower, S.J.  Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (14 pages)

            A jury convicted Quarian Moore of first-degree murder and attempted murder for shooting two people at a Des Moines intersection in November 2021.  Moore was just shy of his eighteenth birthday at the time of the crime.  The district court imposed a mandatory minimum term of incarceration of twenty-five years.  Moore now argues the State failed to present sufficient evidence that he was the shooter and that the court improperly applied the juvenile sentencing factors.  OPINION HOLDS: Finding substantial evidence that Moore shot and killed Dean Deng and wounded B.C., and observing no abuse of discretion in Moore’s sentencing, we affirm. 

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