Esteban Velazquez-Ramirez
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Esteban Velazquez-Ramirez
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Priscilla E. Forsyth
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Crawford County, Zachary Hindman, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Mullins, P.J., and May and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by May, J. (6 pages)
Esteban Velazquez-Ramirez appeals the dismissal of his second application for postconviction relief (PCR). OPINION HOLDS: (1) State v. Jonas, 904 N.W.2d 566 (Iowa 2017), does not apply retroactively; (2) Allison v. State, 914 N.W.2d 866, 891 (Iowa 2018), does not qualify as a “new ground of . . . law” for purposes Iowa Code section 822.3 (2018); and (3) Allison only applies to second PCR actions filed promptly after the conclusion of the first PCR action.
