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SIMS v. STATE

No. 63982.

295 N.W.2d 420 (1980)

Elroy SIMS, Applicant, v. STATE of Iowa, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Naomi Mercer and James Cleary, Des Moines, for applicant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Lona Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James D. Coil, Asst. Black Hawk County Atty., for respondent.

Considered en banc.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

In this appeal from adverse ruling in a second postconviction relief proceeding, Sims asserts that three different attorneys who represented him respectively at trial, in his first postconviction action, and on appeal from that ruling, were all ineffective. We affirm.

We adversely disposed of Sims' direct appeal from judgment and sentence for first-degree murder, consolidated with his...

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