MANNING v. STATE

No. 01-1245.

654 N.W.2d 555 (2002)

Leighton MANNING, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender and David Arthur Adams, Assistant Appellant Defender, Leighton Manning, pro se, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Thomas S. Tauber, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Ferguson, Black Hawk County Attorney and Kimberly A. Griffith, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

In this postconviction proceeding, Leighton Manning appeals from a district court judgment dismissing his application for postconviction relief. His sole challenge is that the district court should not have summarily dismissed his application without affording him an evidentiary hearing. Under the circumstances here, we agree. We therefore vacate the decision of the court of appeals, reverse the judgment of the district court, and remand the...

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