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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 13-1554.

860 N.W.2d 913 (2014)

Johnny Lee JOHNSON, Applicant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Darrel Mullins , Assistant Attorney General, Mary Benton , County Attorney, and Timothy Benton , Assistant County Attorney, for appellant/cross-appellee State.

Karmen Anderson of the Law Office of Karmen Anderson, Des Moines, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Heard by VOGEL, P.J., and MILLER and MAHAN, S.JJ. Tabor, J., takes no part.

The State appeals from the postconviction court's grant of Johnny Johnson's application for postconviction relief, which vacated his two convictions for first-degree murder and ordered a new trial. After finding trial counsel breached an essential duty by not objecting to Johnson being in leg shackles, the postconviction court then shifted...

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