STATE v. KEHOE

No. 09-1896.

804 N.W.2d 302 (2011)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michelle Lynn KEHOE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

July 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and Nan Jennisch , Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Darrel Mullins and Andrew B. Prosser , Assistant Attorneys General, and Allan W. Vander Hart , County Attorney, for appellee.

Heard by SACKETT, C.J., and VOGEL, VAITHESWARAN, POTTERFIELD, DOYLE and DANILSON, JJ.


DOYLE, J.

Michelle Kehoe appeals from her convictions for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and child endangerment resulting in serious injury. She contends her trial counsel was ineffective in three respects. She first argues Iowa Code section 701.4 (2007), which defines the legal standard for the insanity defense in Iowa, is unconstitutional, asserting violations of the Due Process and Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clauses of the state and federal constitutions...

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