VILLA MAGANA v. STATE

No. 16-1938.

908 N.W.2d 255 (2018)

Francisco VILLA MAGANA, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Clausen of Clausen Law Office, Ames, for appellant.

Thomas Miller , Attorney General, Timothy Mark Hau and Kevin Cmelik , Assistant Attorneys General, Des Moines, for appellee.


An application for postconviction relief was dismissed for want of prosecution under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.944, and a motion to reinstate the application was denied by the district court. The court of appeals affirmed the district court. We must determine whether the denial of the motion to reinstate was erroneous. On further review...

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