MORGAN v. STATE

No. 89-1950.

469 N.W.2d 419 (1991)

Hosea MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Danielson of Pattie, Hinshaw, Danielson & Kloberdanz, P.C., Marshalltown, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Diann Wilder-Tomlinson, Marshall County Atty., and Peter J. Grady, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this postconviction relief proceeding, we must decide whether we should apply a recent United States Supreme Court decision retroactively to the applicant's conviction. We must also decide whether the applicant's appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance. That claim is based on counsel's failure to prolong the applicant's case so the applicant could assert retroactive application of the decision. The district court denied the applicant...

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