State of Iowa
v.
Taner Vongsengeth Mann
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Taner Vongsengeth Mann
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Angela Campbell
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert B. Hanson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Tabor and Bower, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, J. Special Concurrence by Potterfield, P.J. (15 pages)
Taner Mann appeals his convictions for five offenses, challenging the district court’s conclusion he was restored to competency and able to stand trial and submit a plea. OPINION HOLDS: On our independent review of the record, we conclude Mann failed to show he remained incompetent to stand trial or plead. SPECIAL CONCURRENCE ASSERTS: I believe the better course of action would be to preserve Mann’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel for possible future postconviction relief; I disagree with the majority’s position that the record is adequate to decide the issue of the adequacy of proof supporting the ruling on restoration of competency.