STATE v. BURRELL

No. 86-681.

412 N.W.2d 556 (1987)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Helena Florence BURRELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Wright, Sr., and Dennis L. Eaton of Wright, Wright & Borseth, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Christie J. Scase, Asst. Atty. Gen., James Smith, Co. Atty., and Ronald L. Wheeler, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Helena Florence Burrell, appeals from her conviction, following jury trial, of murder in the first degree. She contends that the district court erred in failing to grant her a new trial based on a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. In her argument, she identifies several instances which she suggests show that her trial counsel inadequately prepared and presented her case. Our review of the record fails to convince us that...

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