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Judge Randy Degeest

Judge Randy Degeest

Randy Degeest is a district associate court judge of District 8A of Iowa.

He was appointed to this position in 2009.

He was retained on November 2, 2010.

He was retained again in 2014 for a term that expires on December 31, 2020.

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Education

DeGeest received his B.A. in political science in 1974, and his J.D. in 1978 from Drake University. [undefined] [undefined]

Awards and associations

Controversy

On September 12, 2016, Judge Degeest sentenced Kraigen Grooms to serve only a 10-year suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to one count of engaging in a lascivious act with a child. [1] [undefined]

He received public backlash for giving Kraigen Grooms such as light sentence. [1] [undefined]

References

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Citation Linkthepetitionsite.comPetition against Judge Degeest
Sep 15, 2016, 6:11 PM
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Citation Linkballotpedia.orgProfile on Ballotpedia.org
Sep 15, 2016, 6:30 PM
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Citation Linklinkedin.comJudge Randy Degeest on LinkedIn
Sep 15, 2016, 10:03 PM