State of Iowa
v.
Harold Lamorn Dudley
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Harold Lamorn Dudley
Attorney for the Appellee
Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Melinda J. Nye, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Scott D. Rosenberg, Judge. AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING. Heard by Tabor, P.J., and Mullins and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (11 pages)
A defendant appeals from convictions related to the murder of his wife. OPINION HOLDS: The defendant’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim fails because there is no reasonable probability of a different result had text messages or testimony about the text messages been excluded. We find the sentencing court properly stated its reasons for imposing consecutive sentences and affirm. We vacate a portion of the defendant’s sentence and remand for recalculation of restitution in light of Iowa Supreme Court precedent.
