State of Iowa
v.
Katrina Nikole Cooper
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Katrina Nikole Cooper
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
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, James S. Heckerman, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, P.J., and Vaitheswaran and McDonald, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J. (4 pages)
Katrina Nikole Cooper appeals a judgment and sentence for delivery of more than five grams of methamphetamine, contending (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the district court’s finding of guilt following a bench trial, (2) her trial attorney was ineffective in failing to challenge the standard used by the district court in evaluating her new trial motion, and (3) her trial attorney was ineffective in failing to challenge her waiver of the right to a jury trial as unknowing and involuntary. OPINION HOLDS: Substantial evidence supports the district court’s finding of guilt. We preserve Cooper’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim with regard to her jury trial waiver for postconviction relief.
