CUEVAS v. STATE

No. 86-938.

415 N.W.2d 630 (1987)

Mary Ellis CUEVAS, Appellee, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., James A. Smith, Co. Atty., Catherine H. Thune, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellant.

William L. Kutmus, Kutmus & Pennington, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO and NEUMAN, JJ.


HARRIS, Presiding Justice.

In this postconviction proceeding Mary Ellis Cuevas contends her first-degree murder conviction must be set aside because she was denied effective assistance of appellate counsel. Her trial counsel objected to the trial court's refusal to submit lesser included offenses of second-degree murder and manslaughter for jury consideration. She obtained different counsel on appeal from her conviction. Appellate counsel did not assign error on the...

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