State of Iowa
v.
Isaac Charles Brown III
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Isaac Charles Brown III
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Dylan J. Thomas
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Floyd County, Colleen D. Weiland, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and May and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (15 pages)
Isaac Brown III appeals his conviction for burglary in the first degree and willful injury causing serious injury. He argues the evidence is not sufficient to support his conviction, the weight of the evidence does not support his conviction, the trial court should not have admitted prior-bad-act evidence, the prosecutor committed misconduct in referring to the complaining witness’s scarring, and the court abused its discretion in rejecting his evidence of the seriousness of injury. He also raises multiple ineffective-assistance-of-counsel arguments. OPINION HOLDS: We lack authority to consider Brown’s ineffective-assistance claims, reject his remaining claims on the merits, and affirm.
