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LINN v. STATE

No. 17-0007.

929 N.W.2d 717 (2019)

Cathryn Ann LINN, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 14, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell G. Meyer , Marshalltown, (until withdrawal), and then Thomas A. Hurd of Glazebrook & Hurd, LLP, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, Alan R. Ostergren , County Attorney, and Korie L. Shippee , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

In this case, an applicant for postconviction relief (PCR), Cathryn Ann Linn, claimed in the proceeding below that her trial counsel was ineffective for not adducing evidence of battered woman syndrome (BWS).1 To prove the claim, she sought a court-appointed BWS expert.

After Linn waited more...

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