State of Iowa
v.
Keith William Davis, Jr.
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Keith William Davis, Jr.
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stephan J. Japuntich, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Monica Zrinyi Wittig, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ. Opinion by Mullins, J. (10 pages)
Keith Davis Jr. appeals his conviction of one count of sexual abuse in the third degree, following a jury trial. On appeal, he contends his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to: (1) move for a dismissal on speedy-trial-violation grounds and (2) request jury instructions regarding contradictory statements by the complaining witness. OPINION HOLDS: We find no violation of Davis’s right to a speedy trial and Davis was not prejudiced by counsel’s failure to request a specific instruction on inconsistent statements. We therefore deny both of Davis’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and affirm his conviction.