John Schondelmeyer
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
John Schondelmeyer
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Nicholas A. Sarcone
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Mills County, Gregory W. Steensland, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Doyle, P.J., and Tabor and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, J. (17 pages)
John Schondelmeyer appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief, raising both due-process and ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. OPINION HOLDS: Because Schondelmeyer’s counsel knew enough about the existence of potentially favorable evidence to take advantage of it before trial, we find no due process violation under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). We also find Schondelmeyer failed to show a reasonable probability that, but for his counsel’s alleged errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different. Having found no constitutional violations, we affirm.
