Timothy Dale Brownlee
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Timothy Dale Brownlee
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Fred Stiefel
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Lee (North) County, Mark Kruse, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., Ahlers, J., and Blane, S.J. Opinion by Blane, S.J. (11 pages)
Applicant appeals from the district court denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). However, he does not contest the PCR ruling by the district court. Instead, he raises two brand new issues never before addressed by the district court in either the criminal case or the PCR. He frames the two new grounds for appeal within the ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rubric. OPINION HOLDS: We review the claims de novo. We determine we are able to decide these new ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims on appeal, find them to be without merit, and affirm the district court ruling denying his PCR application.
