State of Iowa
v.
Dawarn Lamar Moncrief
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Dawarn Lamar Moncrief
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Shawn C. McCullough
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, Mark E. Kruse, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., May, J., and Blane, S.J. Opinion by Blane, S.J. (5 pages)
Dawarn Lamar Moncrief appeals his convictions for possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession of contraband, and failure to possess a tax stamp. His appeal is based solely on a claim of ineffective assistance of his trial counsel for failing to take pre-trial depositions of the State’s witnesses and failing to sufficiently cross-examine the State’s witnesses at trial. OPINION HOLDS: We find the record inadequate to address these ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims on direct appeal. We preserve them for possible postconviction-relief proceedings and affirm the convictions.
