Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Waterman, Mansfield, McDonald, and McDermott, JJ., joined. Christensen, C.J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Appel, J., joined. Appel, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
OXLEY, Justice.
An estimated 70%-80% of Iowa criminal defendants are indigent,1 which means that when they are facing what may be one of the most difficult circumstances of their lives, they get a court-appointed attorney selected by a judge unless their family, friends, or others are able to hire a private attorney...
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