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JONES v. STATE

No. 89-53.

479 N.W.2d 265 (1991)

Ferman JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Tarbox of Smith, Schneider, Stiles, Mumford, Schrage, Zurek, Wimer & Hudson, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Ferguson, County Atty., and Joseph R. Gunderson, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Applicant Ferman Jones, Jr., filed an application for postconviction relief wherein he alleged numerous errors concerning his 1981 conviction for second-degree murder. See Iowa Code §§ 663A.2, 663A.3 (1983). The district court denied the application and Jones has appealed. We affirm.

I. Background facts and proceedings. In early 1981, Jones and Daniel Elam were charged with first-degree murder for the shotgun...

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