State of Iowa
v.
Cheyanne R. Harris
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Cheyanne R. Harris
Attorney for the Appellee
Darrel Mullins, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stuart Hoover
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Chickasaw County, Richard D. Stochl, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J. (9 pages)
Cheyanne Harris appeals the judgment and sentence entered on her conviction of murder in the first degree. On appeal, Harris contends (1) the district court should have admitted “opinion evidence of a mental impairment due to a mental disease or defect” to “negate the mens rea for a non-specific intent crime” and (2) her trial attorney was ineffective in failing to afford her the opportunity to present “a diminished responsibility defense and simultaneously allowing the State to pursue a line of argument that confronts a mental health defense.” OPINION HOLDS: We affirm Harris’s judgment and sentence for first-degree murder.
