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Case No. 19-2010

Jose Lopez
v.
State of Iowa

Appellant

Jose Lopez

Appellee

State of Iowa

Attorney for the Appellant

Stuart G. Hoover

Attorney for the Appellee

Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
19-2010
Date Published:
Feb 03, 2021
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Buchanan County, Margaret L. Lingreen, Judge.  APPEAL DISMISSED.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Greer, JJ.  Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J.  (5 pages)

            Jose Lopez appeals the denial of his postconviction-relief application, contending the postconviction court erred in “refusing to take up the matter of [his] illegal sentence.”  OPINION HOLDS: Having obtained the relief in his underlying criminal case he now seeks, Lopez’s appeal is moot.  Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. 

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