STATE v. DAVIS

No. 20-0156.

971 N.W.2d 546 (2022)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Shane Michael DAVIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed March 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. McIntee , Waterloo, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Israel Kodiaga , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Appel, Mansfield, McDonald, and McDermott, JJ., joined. Christensen, C.J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Oxley, J., joined.


Should direct appeals from convictions based on guilty pleas be summarily dismissed when the defendant's appellate brief fails to expressly argue good cause exists to appeal under Iowa Code section 814.6(1)(a)(3)? The court of appeals dismissed this appeal because the defendant bears the burden of establishing good cause...

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