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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA

No.  3-149 / 12-1420  
Filed March 13, 2013

STATE OF IOWA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

JANICE A. MAHE,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Monica Ackley, Judge.  

A defendant appeals the sentence imposed following her Alford plea to theft in the second degree.  AFFIRMED.  

Scott J. Nelson, Dubuque, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Tyler Buller, Assistant Attorney General, Ralph Potter, County Attorney, and Timothy Gallagher, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Mullins, JJ.

  
MULLINS, J.
Janice Mahe appeals following her Alford1 plea to second degree theft, in violation of Iowa Code sections 714.1 and 714.2(2) (2011).  She appeals asserting the district court abused its discretion in sentencing her to five years in prison rather than a suspended sentence with five years

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