FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IOWA COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS CONVICTIONS ON ARSON CASE

JOHNSON COUNTY, IA, Nov. 14, 2024 - On October 30, 2024, the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed Ishmael Shabazz Carter’s  2023 convictions for first-degree arson and five counts of attempted murder.  

Carter, 34, was sentenced in April of 2023 to 50 years in prison.

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