TERNUS, Justice.
Defendant, Scott Richard Spurgeon, claims he had ineffective counsel in his trial for burglary in the second degree and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse causing bodily injury. See Iowa Code §§ 709.11, 713.1, 713.5(2) (1993). As a result of counsel's failure to object to the instructions and verdicts, Spurgeon was convicted, he argues, of two crimes that are factually irreconcilable.
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