Mark Roger Scholtes
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Mark Roger Scholtes
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Sharon D. Hallstoos
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Michael J. Shubatt, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and May, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (5 pages)
Mark Scholtes appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief, raising claims of ineffective assistance of plea and postconviction counsel. OPINION HOLDS: Because postconviction counsel raised and obtained a ruling on the precise issue Scholtes now raises, he could not have been ineffective. We also conclude plea counsel was not ineffective in his advice about the possibility of consecutive sentences. Accordingly, we affirm the postconviction court’s denial of Scholtes’ postconvicton-relief application.
