Daniel J. Dawson
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Daniel J. Dawson
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorneys for the Appellant
Thomas Hurd
Daniel Dawson, pro se
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Henry W. Latham II, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Mullins and Bower, JJ. Opinion by Potterfield, P.J. (24 pages)
Daniel Dawson appeals from the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR) challenging his convictions for murder in the second degree; assault with intent to inflict serious injury; and domestic abuse assault, second offense. On appeal, Dawson argues for the first time that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to move for a mistrial during closing arguments based on prosecutorial error; Dawson maintains all counsel since his first have been ineffective in failing to raise the issue sooner. Dawson raises an additional sixteen claims without the assistance of counsel; we address each one below. OPINION HOLDS: Having considered each of Dawson’s seventeen claims of ineffective assistance and finding no reversible error, we affirm the denial of Dawson’s application for PCR.
