State of Iowa
v.
Tricia Ann Hannegrefs
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Tricia Ann Hannegrefs
Attorney for the Appellee
Richard Bennett, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Scott M. Wadding
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Worth County, Rustin T. Davenport, Judge. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Potterfield and Tabor, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, J. (9 pages)
Tricia Hannegrefs appeals her conviction for driving while barred, arguing counsel was ineffective for failing to object to jury instruction lacking State’s burden of disproving her compulsion defense. OPINION HOLDS: Because we conclude competent counsel would have objected to the defective instruction and Hannegrefs suffered prejudice as a result of counsel’s deficiency, we reverse Hannegrefs’s conviction and remand for a new trial.