GILES v. STATE

No. 92-1901.

511 N.W.2d 622 (1994)

Rolander GILES, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick E. Ingram and Brian G. Ellsworth of The Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., and William A. Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


NEUMAN, Justice.

Rolander Giles, an Iowa State Penitentiary inmate, was disciplined for playing a radio too loud in his prison cell. The matter is before us on Giles' appeal from the district court's refusal to grant postconviction relief. The State not only urges affirmance, it claims Giles has no right of direct appeal and must proceed, instead, by writ of certiorari. We conclude that Giles is entitled to proceed by direct...

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