Dustin William Snowbird
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Dustin William Snowbird
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
R. Ben Stone
Attorney for the Appellee
Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cerro Gordo County, Chris Foy, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Mullins and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (4 pages)
Dustin Snowbird appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). He claims the PCR court should have found his trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for not challenging the felony-plea-taking court’s failure to mention his right to confront and cross examine the State’s witnesses. OPINION HOLDS: Because we find no credibility in Snowbird’s claim that had his attorneys challenged the plea-taking court’s omission of information on confrontation (either at the plea stage or on appeal) he would have insisted on going to trial and risked a sentence of thirty-one years in prison instead of eleven.
