Michael Roach
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Michael Roach
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Karmen Anderson
Attorney for the Appellee
Benjamin Parrott, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Karen A. Romano, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., Doyle, J., and Scott, S.J. Opinion by Potterfield, P.J. (4 pages)
Michael Roach appeals the summary dismissal of his fourth application for postconviction relief (PCR) challenging his 2004 convictions for murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree. Roach maintains the 2017 “stand your ground” law is to be applied retroactively, and he asks us to remand for a determination of whether the new law applies to the facts of his case. OPINION HOLDS: The new law is a substantive change, which we do not apply retroactively. Thus, Roach’s PCR application is untimely, and we affirm the summary dismissal of it.
