State of Iowa
v.
Jacob Antero Trujillo
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jacob Antero Trujillo
Attorney for the Appellee
Katie Krickbaum, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Scott M. Wadding
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Mary E. Howes and Joel W. Barrows, Judges. CONVICTIONS VACATED IN PART, SENTENCE VACATED, AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and May and Greer, JJ. Opinion by May, J. (15 pages)
Between April and December 2018, the State charged Jacob Trujillo with various offenses in four separate cases. The State and Trujillo reached a global plea agreement. And Trujillo pled guilty to six of the offenses. He appeals arguing he received ineffective assistance of counsel. OPINION HOLDS: We vacate two of Trujillo’s convictions due to lack of factual basis and remand for further proceedings. If a factual basis cannot be shown below, the district court should vacate all convictions and set the parties back to the position they had before the plea agreement was entered. We preserve Trujillo’s remaining claims for future postconviction-relief proceedings.
