Jacque Dukes
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jacque Dukes
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Angela Campbell
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, George L. Stigler, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Danilson, C.J., and Vogel and Tabor, JJ. Opinion by Danilson, C.J. (11 pages)
Jacque Dukes appeals from the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). He asserts trial counsel was ineffective (1) in failing to challenge the guilty verdicts for first-degree robbery and willful injury and the applicable jury instructions based on joint criminal conduct, (2) in failing to challenge the jury instructions on assault and the corroboration necessary to convict on accomplice testimony, (3) in introducing Dukes’s criminal history, and (4) in failing to strike a juror who was related by marriage to the prosecutor. OPINION HOLDS: Because Dukes failed to prove trial counsel breached an essential duty resulting in prejudice, we affirm.
