WRIGHT v. CITY OF CEDAR FALLS

No. 86-977.

424 N.W.2d 456 (1988)

Robert Lee WRIGHT, Jr., Appellant, v. CITY OF CEDAR FALLS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and James F. Whalen, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Bruce Kempkes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jack Burds, law student intern, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, NEUMAN, SNELL and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

The question presented on this appeal is whether postconviction relief under Iowa Code chapter 663A1 is available to persons convicted of violating municipal ordinances. Appellant Robert Lee Wright, Jr. was convicted in magistrate court of violating a Cedar Falls city ordinance. He thereafter applied for postconviction relief in the magistrate court but was denied relief on grounds that chapter 663A was not available...

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