Nathan Paul Valin
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Nathan Paul Valin
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Nathan A. Mundy of Mundy Law Office, P.C.
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas E. Bakke, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, William P. Kelly, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (7 pages)
Nathan Valin appeals the district court decision denying his request for postconviction relief (PCR). Valin claimed he was entitled to a new trial because he was improperly stopped by an Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) motor vehicle enforcement officer who did not have authority to stop vehicles or make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. OPINION HOLDS: We find State v. Werner, 919 N.W.2d 375 (Iowa 2018) does not apply retroactively because the opinion clarified a procedural rule, rather than substantive. We affirm the decision of the district court.
