SACKETT, Judge.
Defendant-appellant Melvin Palestine Cornelison appeals his conviction of escape and conspiracy to commit burglary. He contends his trial attorney was ineffective in allowing the confession of a co-defendant, who did not testify, to come in the record. We affirm.
Defendant and Michael Mitchell were charged following their escape from a prison farm connected with the Iowa State Penitentiary and the burglary of a farm home. Defendant and Mitchell...
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