Eddie Adams
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Eddie Adams
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Joey T. Hoover
Attorney for the Appellee
Darrel Mullins, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Thomas A. Bitter, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Bower, JJ. Opinion by Doyle, J. (7 pages)
Eddie Adams appeals from an order denying him postconviction relief. OPINION HOLDS: Adams has not shown his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to have his DNA expert independently test the evidence when he never claimed additional testing would have changed the outcome of trial and the record does not support his claim of spoliation. Nor has Adams shown his PCR counsel was ineffective by failing to move for an expanded ruling on the legality of an Allen charge when the record does not show the court gave the jury an Allen instruction.
