LEDEZMA v. STATE

Nos. 99-1019.

626 N.W.2d 134 (2001)

Jose LEDEZMA, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Curtis Wiberg of Richard Rhinehart & Associates, Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas S. Mullin, County Attorney, and James J. Katcher, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


CADY, Justice.

In this postconviction relief action, we are asked to find ineffective assistance of counsel in the trial of a case which resulted in a conviction for first-degree kidnapping and second-degree sexual abuse. The claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel is based upon a variety of allegations, including inadequate trial preparation and denial of right to testify. The district court found trial counsel...

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