State of Iowa
v.
Rodney Lewis Cockhren
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Rodney Lewis Cockhren
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
18-1191
Date Published:
May 01, 2019
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Kellyann M. Lekar, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Doyle, JJ. Opinion by Vogel, C.J. (6 pages)
Rodney Cockhren appeals his conviction and sentence after he entered into an Alford plea for second-degree burglary. He claims his counsel was ineffective for allowing him to enter into the Alford plea despite a lack of factual basis for the plea. OPINION HOLDS: We find Cockhren may not rely on the additional minutes of evidence filed after he appealed and his counsel was not ineffective.
