John Franklin Deering
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
John Franklin Deering
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Erin M. Carr
Attorney for the Appellee
Benjamin Parrott, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Jeffrey Farrell, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (4 pages)
John Deering appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief following his convictions of first-degree kidnapping, attempt to commit murder, and willful injury. Deering asserts “the State did not prove the victim suffered the admitted serious injury as a consequence of the kidnapping,” and in his view, his trial attorneys were “ineffective” in “failing to move for judgment of acquittal” on this basis. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the court’s denial of the postconviction-relief application.
