Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Michael J. Shubatt (plea) and Monica Zrinyi Wittig (sentencing), Judges. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Mullins and Bower, JJ. Opinion by Mullins, J. (7 pages)

Ricky Carter appeals his convictions, following guilty pleas, of a number of controlled-substance violations and the sentences imposed. He claims his counsel rendered ineffective assistance in relation to his guilty pleas and the court imposed an illegal sentence. OPINION HOLDS: We find the record inadequate to consider Carter’s ineffective assistance claim on direct appeal. We reject Carter’s claim that the court imposed an illegal sentence. We therefore affirm Carter’s conviction and sentence but preserve his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for possible postconviction-relief proceedings.