KIME v. BREWER

No. 54179.

182 N.W.2d 154 (1970)

John Monroe KIME, Appellant, v. Lou V. BREWER, Warden Iowa State Pententiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Wright of Napier, Napier & Wright, Fort Madison, for appellant.

Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., and James D. McKeon, Asst. County Atty., Des Moines, for appellee.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

We are here presented the question of whether the trial court erred in denying a prisoner's application for writ of habeas corpus based on the grounds he did not have effective assistance of counsel during and immediately after his trial and conviction.

John Monroe Kime was charged with the crime of burglary with aggravation. He was represented by his self-employed attorney, Lawrence Scalise, at his first trial in January, 1968 which...

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