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Case No. 18-2129

Napoleon Mbonyunkiza
v.
State of Iowa

Appellant

Napoleon Mbonyunkiza

Appellee

State of Iowa

Attorney for the Appellant

Agnes G. Warutere

Attorney for the Appellee

Darrel Mullins, Assistant Attorney General

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
18-2129
Date Published:
Aug 05, 2020
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Doyle, J., and Potterfield, S.J.  Opinion by Potterfield, S.J.  (7 pages)

            Napoleon Mbonyunkiza appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR).  Mbonyunkiza alleges his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to properly inform him of all the adverse immigration consequences of pleading guilty.  He also argues his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to properly inform him of his right to consular access prior to his guilty plea and now claims on appeal that that his PCR counsel was ineffective in not presenting evidence to establish how Mbonyunkiza could have benefitted from such access to the Rwandan consulate.  OPINION HOLDS: Because Mbonyunkiza has not proved his claims of ineffective assistance by his trial and PCR counsel, we affirm.

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