State of Iowa
v.
Helen Jeannette Frazier
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Helen Jeannette Frazier
Attorney for the Appellee
Kyle Hanson, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Cathleen J. Siebrecht
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, William P. Kelly, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Greer, J., and Vogel, S.J. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (7 pages)
Helen Frazier appeals her conviction of murder in the second degree, contending (1) the record lacks sufficient evidence to support her conviction and (2) her trial attorney was ineffective in “fail[ing] to investigate and set forth an insanity defense and evidence of battered woman’s syndrome.” OPINION HOLDS: The district court did not err in finding Frazier guilty of second-degree murder. We preserve Frazier’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim for possible postconviction-relief proceedings.
