William Dorsie Beeman
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
William Dorsie Beeman
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorneys for the Appellant
Joshua A. Tepfer
Tricia J. Rojo Bushnell
Erica A. Nichols Cook
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 Muscatine County, Mark Fowler, Judge. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. Considered by Greer, P.J., Ahlers, J., and Mullins, S.J.* Opinion by Mullins, S.J. (11 pages)
William Beeman appeals the summary disposition of his application for postconviction relief, claiming the district court erred in granting summary disposition on the basis that the application was premature. OPINION HOLDS: We conclude the State was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the basis cited by the district court. With the exception of Beeman’s claim relating to the State’s alleged destruction of biological evidence, we find the entry of summary disposition was proper as either time-barred by the statute of limitations or already the subject of a final adjudication in another proceeding Beeman has taken to secure relief, as was alternatively argued by the State in the district court. We reverse the entry of summary disposition on the destruction-of-evidence claim, affirm the entry of summary disposition on all other claims, and remand for further proceedings.