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ANFINSON v. STATE

No. 06-0076.

758 N.W.2d 496 (2008)

Heidi Ann ANFINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish and Brandon Brown of Parrish Kruidenier Dunn Boles Gribble Cook Parrish and Gentry, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Cristen Douglass, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Joe Weeg, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

HECHT, Justice.

Heidi Anfinson was convicted of second-degree murder for the drowning death of her infant son. In this postconviction relief action, we consider whether trial counsel rendered prejudicial ineffective assistance in failing to sufficiently inquire into and present evidence of Anfinson's postpartum depression in furtherance of her defense theory that the child's death was accidental. We conclude Anfinson's trial counsel provided ineffective assistance...

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