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DODD v. STATE

No. 2-57709.

232 N.W.2d 472 (1975)

Thomas A. DODD, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Neighbor, Newton, and Robert N. Clinton, and Barry A. Lindahl, Iowa City, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., John G. Mullen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Kenneth Whitehead, County Atty., for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Thomas A. Dodd appeals from trial court's sua sponte dismissal of his application for postconviction relief under Code chapter 663A. We reverse and remand.

In 1955 Dodd entered a plea of guilty to a murder charge and after degree-of-guilt hearing, was sentenced to life imprisonment at the penitentiary.

In 1970 Dodd made application for postconviction relief. In 1971 the application was granted and a new trial ordered because ...

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