STATE v. NEUZIL

No. 98-112.

589 N.W.2d 708 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Christopher John NEUZIL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, and Barbara A. Edmondson, County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and CADY, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The sole question on this appeal is whether defendant, Christopher Neuzil, received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to seek an instruction on specific intent during his trial for stalking in violation of a protective order. See Iowa Code § 708.11(3)(b)(1) (1997). Because we conclude the crime charged involves general, not specific, intent, we find the court properly instructed the jury and, accordingly, find...

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