SAHINOVIC v. STATE

No. 18-1911.

940 N.W.2d 357 (2020)

Adnan SAHINOVIC, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed March 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Smith and Benjamin D. Bergmann of Parrish Kruidenier Dunn Boles Gribble Gentry Brown & Bergmann L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Iowa Code section 822.3 generally allows a defendant "three years from the date the conviction or decision is final or, in the event of an appeal, from the date the writ of procedendo is issued" to bring an action for postconviction relief. The question we must answer is whether a defendant who wishes to challenge his or her...

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