STATE v. HEACOCK

No. 93-1267.

521 N.W.2d 707 (1994)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. William Joseph HEACOCK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Kevin Cmelik, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Robert P. Ewald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fred H. McCaw, Co. Atty., and Christine O. Corken, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

In this appeal following a jury conviction of felonious child endangerment, defendant assails the jury instructions on two assignments. Because error was not preserved for one of the challenges, defendant is driven to mount it by claiming his counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the instructions. We find that defendant has been unable to carry his burden of showing the necessary prejudice. On the other assignment we find no error. Hence...

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