State of Iowa
v.
Robert Allen Brown
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Robert Allen Brown
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
G. Brian Weiler
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
18-1031
Date Published:
Apr 03, 2019
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Nancy S. Tabor and Joel W. Barrows, Judges. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, C.J., Vaitheswaran, J., and Carr, S.J. Tabor, J., takes no part. Opinion by Vogel, C.J. (4 pages)
Robert Brown pled guilty to operating while intoxicated, third offense, in violation of Iowa Code section 321J.2(2)(c) (2017). He now appeals, asserting his counsel was ineffective for allowing the district court to accept his guilty plea without a factual basis. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm his conviction and conclude counsel was not ineffective because there was a factual basis for Brown’s guilty plea.
