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Case No. 19-1019

State of Iowa
v.
Trapp Leroy Trotter, Jr.

Appellee

State of Iowa

Appellant

Trapp Leroy Trotter, Jr.

Attorney for the Appellee

Darrel Mullins and Scott D. Brown, Assistant Attorneys General

Attorney for the Appellant

Bradley M. Bender, Assistant Appellate Defender

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
19-1019
Date Published:
Feb 03, 2021
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Worth County, Rustin Davenport, Judge.  AFFIRMED ON CONDITION AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.  Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Mullins and Greer, JJ.  Opinion by Mullins, J. (16 pages)

            Trapp Trotter appeals his convictions of attempt to commit murder and criminal trespass.  He argues the jury pool was not a fair cross-section of the community, he received ineffective assistance of counsel, the district court abused its discretion related to evidentiary issues, and the district court erred in denying his motions for judgment of acquittal and new trial.  OPINION HOLDS: The district court did not have our supreme court’s 2019 clarifications of the applicable legal framework for cross-section challenges, we affirm on condition and remand to the district court for reconsideration of Trotter’s jury-pool challenge.  Trotter has failed to prove he received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel.  We find no abuse of discretion in admission of the evidence regarding the damaged windshield.  Finally, we find substantial evidence was presented to find Trotter guilty of attempted murder and criminal trespass and that there was no abuse of discretion in denying the motion for new trial. 

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