Abel A. Ramirez
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Abel A. Ramirez
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Jamie Hunter
Attorney for the Appellee
Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
21-1222
Date Published:
Oct 19, 2022
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Marshall County, Kurt J. Stoebe, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Tabor, J., and Scott, S.J. Opinion by Scott, S.J. (3 pages)
Abel Ramirez seeks postconviction relief, claiming his conviction and sentence for robbery in Iowa was based on the same event as his federal conviction, which violates double jeopardy principles and, consequently, his Iowa sentence is an illegal sentence. OPINION HOLDS: We have no authority to overrule Iowa Supreme Court precedent. We affirm.
