CASE STATEMENT

 

No. 08-0533

 

Polk County No. FECR205567

 

 

STATE OF IOWA,

       Plaintiff-Appellee,

 

vs.

 

ANDREW RUSSELL JOHNSON,

       Defendant-Appellant.

 

Court of Appeals opinion writer: Miller, J.

 

Trial Judge: Scott Rosenberg, Joel Novak, and Robert Hutchison

 

Appellate Counsel:

         Gary Dickey Jr. of Dickey & Campbell Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

 

         Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Cristen Douglass, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Steve Foritano, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

 

Trial Counsel:

          Alexandra M. Nelissen, Des Moines, and Jesse A. Macro Jr. of Gaudineer, Comito & George, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.

 

         Steve Foritano, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

 

Ready date: 2-19-09

 

General case description:  Defendant appealed his conviction of second-degree murder, contending (1) the district court erred in finding him competent to stand trial; (2) the court erred in overruling his motion to suppress; (3) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction; and (4) he was the victim of selective prosecution. The court of appeals affirmed, and declined defendant's request that the selective prosecution claim be preserved for postconviction relief proceedings. Defendant seeks further review.