STATE v. SALLIS

No. 08-0088.

786 N.W.2d 508 (2009)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reginald Henry SALLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

July 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and David Arthur Adams, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Elisabeth S. Reynoldson, Assistant Attorney General, Ralph Potter, County Attorney, and Christine O. Corken, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by MAHAN, P.J., and MILLER and DOYLE, JJ.


MILLER, J.

Reginald Sallis was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to ten years in prison and a special life sentence pursuant to Iowa Code section 903B.1 (Supp. 2005). He appeals, asserting ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. Because we find Sallis's counsel was not ineffective, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS.

On February 9, 2006, Sallis entered an Alford1 plea to the charge...

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