Brian Koncel
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Brian Koncel
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Mark C. Meyer
Attorney for the Appellee
Sheryl Soich, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
18-1465
Date Published:
Apr 29, 2020
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Jackson County, Kevin McKeever, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Doyle, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J. (13 pages)
Brian Koncel appeals the district court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief following his 1997 conviction for first-degree kidnapping. He challenges the court’s denial of several ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims and raises additional claims. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the denial of Koncel’s postconviction-relief application.
