Nicolas Cole Jacobs
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Nicolas Cole Jacobs
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Nate Nieman
Attorney for the Appellee
Israel Kodiaga, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
18-1723
Date Published:
Feb 05, 2020
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, Michael J. Schilling, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and May and Greer, JJ. Opinion by May, J. (3 pages)
Nicolas Jacobs appeals the denial of his postconviction-relief application. He contends his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge Iowa Code section 232.11 (2015) as an equal protection violation. OPINION HOLDS: We find counsel was not ineffective. And we affirm the denial of Jacobs’s postconviction-relief application.