Eddie Hicks
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Eddie Hicks
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Tiffany Kragnes
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
20-0610
Date Published:
Dec 15, 2021
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Michael J. Shubatt, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (15 pages)
Eddie Hicks appeals the summary disposition of his postconviction-relief (PCR) application. OPINION HOLDS: The district court did not err in granting summary judgment on Hicks’s claims of a Brady violation and ineffective assistance of counsel, nor did it err in denying his motion to amend his application. Additionally, Hicks’s PCR counsel was not ineffective.