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LAMASTERS v. STATE

No. 11-0016.

821 N.W.2d 856 (2012)

Lynn G. LAMASTERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie C. Rattenborg of Rattenborg Law Office, Manchester, for appellant.

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

MANSFIELD, Justice.

Lynn Lamasters was convicted of first-degree murder in 2005. In 2009, he filed an application for postconviction relief alleging his trial counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to raise the defense of temporary insanity or diminished capacity and (2) failing to adequately support the request for bifurcation of his trial. Lamasters also asserted his appellate counsel on direct appeal was ineffective for failing to appeal the trial court's denial...

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