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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 2-399 / 11-1278 Filed June 13, 2012

STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. TERRY EUGENE WIXOM, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, John M. Wright, Judge.

A defendant contends the district court violated his constitutional right to confront witnesses when the court admitted a certified copy of his driving record without the live testimony of the document preparer; he also contends the court abused its discretion in refusing to suspend his fifteen-year prison sentence for possession of methamphetamine. AFFIRMED.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kyle P. Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, Patrick C. Jackson, County Attorney, and Lisa Schaefer, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Danilson, JJ.

2 VAITHESWARAN, P.J. Following a vehicle and foot chase, a Burlington police officer apprehended Terry Wixom for driving while barred. A search of Wixom yielded methamphetamine. A jury found Wixom guilty of possession of methamphetamine. See Iowa Code

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