State of Iowa
v.
Alfonso D. Faison Jr.
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Alfonso D. Faison Jr.
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stuart Hoover
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Mark T. Hostager, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., Schumacher, J., Vogel, S.J. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (3 pages)
Alfonson Faison Jr. appeals his conviction for domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury following a July 6, 2019 jury verdict. On appeal, he asserts the district court’s failure to instruct that there is no duty to retreat is reversible error and argues trial counsel was ineffective in failing to challenge the jury instructions regarding his justification defense. OPINION HOLDS: The jury-instruction issue is not preserved for review. Iowa Code section 814.7 (Supp. 2019) precludes our consideration of Faison’s ineffective-assistance claim. We affirm.
