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Case No. 20-0025

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

Opinion Number:
20-0025
Date Published:
Oct 20, 2021
Summary

            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.

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