Ronald Lee Valla
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ronald Lee Valla
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Marti Nerenstone
Attorney for the Appellee
Kyle P. Hanson, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Jeffrey L. Larson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ. Opinion by Mullins, J. (6 pages)
Ronald Valla appeals the denial of his application for postconvicton relief (PCR). He argues his PCR counsel rendered ineffective assistance to the level of structural error in prosecuting his claim that his plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance in allowing him to plead guilty while suffering from a mental impairment. OPINION HOLDS: we find no reasonable probability that, but for PCR counsel’s alleged errors, the result of the PCR proceedings would have been different. We affirm the denial of Valla’s PCR application.
