State of Iowa
v.
Dean Joseph Ott
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Dean Joseph Ott
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Theresa R. Wilson, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, Thomas W. Mott, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, C.J., Vaitheswaran, J., and Scott, S.J. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J. (7 pages)
Dean Ott appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree theft, arguing it was an abuse of discretion for the district court to prohibit the admission of certain evidence and counsel was ineffective. OPINION HOLDS: We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the witness. We affirm the district court’s exclusion of the proposed evidence of certain legal proceedings. We find the record inadequate to address the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and preserve it for postconviction relief. We affirm Ott’s judgment and sentence for second-degree theft.
