SOTHMAN v. STATE

No. 19-1837.

967 N.W.2d 512 (2021)

Anna SOTHMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , State Appellant Defender, and Shellie L. Knipfer (argued), Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Tyler J. Buller (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Mansfield, McDonald, and Oxley, JJ., joined. McDermott, J., filed a dissent, in which Appel, J., joined.


In this appeal, we must decide whether a defense attorney's advice about his client's future prospects for release on parole and his failure to object to an in-chambers proceeding constituted ineffective assistance of counsel that entitles the defendant to vacate her guilty plea. The defendant left her thirteen-month-old daughter...

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