TRANE v. STATE

No. 23-1928.

Benjamin G. Trane, Appellant, v. State of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 31, 2025.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish of Parrish Kruidenier Dunn Gentry Brown Bergmann & Messamer L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.

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

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


In this postconviction-relief (PCR) appeal, we must decide whether the district court correctly resolved claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Benjamin Trane established a private therapeutic boarding school for troubled youth that was shuttered after a police raid. The State charged Trane with: (1) sexual abuse of...

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