SWANSON v. STATE

No. 22-1997.

HEATHER LORRAINE SWANSON, Applicant-Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Filed April 10, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine N. Flickinger of Hastings & Gartin Law Group, LLP, Ames (until withdrawal), and Denise McKelvie Gonyea of McKelvie Law Office, Grinnell, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State.

Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Chicchelly, JJ.


Heather Swanson appeals the district court's denial of her application for postconviction relief (PCR), which asserted she received ineffective assistance of counsel in one of her criminal proceedings. Swanson claims her trial counsel was ineffective by failing to move for dismissal based on a speedy-indictment violation and...

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