State of Iowa
v.
Zachary Alfred Hayes
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Zachary Alfred Hayes
Attorney for the Appellee
Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
17-1853
Date Published:
Mar 06, 2019
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cedar County, Stuart P. Werling, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and McDonald, JJ. Opinion by McDonald, J. (5 pages)
Zachary Hayes appeals his convictions of multiple acts of child endangerment resulting in serious injury and neglect of a dependent person. OPINION HOLDS: Hayes’s counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by failing to motion for judgment of acquittal on the charge of neglect of a dependent person. Hayes’s counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by failing to challenge a jury instruction.
