LAVORATO, Justice.
At issue in this appeal is whether a postconviction relief applicant has the right to dispense with court-appointed counsel. The district court thought not. We agree and affirm.
Stephen Leonard, the postconviction relief applicant, was an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison on March 19, 1988. On that date Leonard— according to a disciplinary report—approached the upper unit office window during the supper...
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