Muhammad Y. Hameed
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Muhammad Y. Hameed
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Nathan Legue
Attorney for the Appellee
Sheryl Soich, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Thomas G. Reidel, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., Mullins, J., and Gamble, S.J. Opinion by Gamble, S.J. (8 pages)
Muhammad Hameed appeals from the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR), contending his criminal trial counsel was ineffective in (1) failing to pursue missing surveillance video from the club, (2) failing to call several defense witnesses, (3) failing to develop expert testimony regarding the complaining witness’s intoxication, (4) failing to properly emphasize the evidence controverting the complaining witness’s testimony that she had never returned to the club after the sex act in March 2011, and (5) failing to explore Hameed’s claims of retaliatory prosecution. OPINION HOLDS: Upon our de novo review, we agree with the PCR court’s findings, which are supported by the record, and its reasonable conclusions. Hameed has failed to establish trial counsel was ineffective.