Juan Alberto Flores
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Juan Alberto Flores
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Richard Hollis
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Webster County, Colleen D. Weiland, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Mullins and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Doyle, P.J. (6 pages)
Juan Alberto Flores appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief. OPINION HOLDS: Flores has failed to show his trial counsel breached a duty by allowing him to plead guilty without being properly advised about the mandatory minimum sentence where counsel moved in arrest of judgment on that basis, which Flores withdrew. Counsel’s failure breached a duty in failing to ensure Flores was properly advised regarding his right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, but he is unable to show prejudice given the evidence against him. Finally, Flores’s counsel had no duty to inform Flores regarding a possible future change to the robbery statute.
