Jose Morales
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jose Morales
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Jesse A. Macro, Jr.
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Marshall County, James C. Ellefson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Schumacher, J., and Scott, S.J. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (9 pages)
Jose Morales appeals the district court’s denial of his postconviction-relief application. Morales contends his trial attorney was ineffective in failing to (1) object to a portion of the prosecutor’s opening statement; (2) object “to several instances of hearsay”; (3) “investigate the statements of” a person who identified someone else as the shooter; and (4) retain a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the denial of the postconviction-relief application.
