State of Iowa
v.
Dieudonne Manirabaruta
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Dieudonne Manirabaruta
Attorney for the Appellee
Zachary Miller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Peter Stiefel
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Christopher L. Bruns, Judge. APPEAL DISMISSED. Considered by Mullins, P.J., and May and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Mullins, J. (8 pages)
Dieudonne Manirabaruta appeals his conviction, following a guilty plea, of second-degree theft. He argues his pro se letter to the court amounted to a motion in arrest of judgment and was timely filed, the district court erred in not considering it as such, and the court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis it was unsupported by a factual basis. OPINION HOLDS: Finding no basis for granting discretionary review on the alleged motion in arrest of judgment, and finding no good cause to grant a right to appeal based on lack of factual basis supporting the plea, we dismiss the appeal.