State of Iowa
v.
Paul Roosevelt Belk
County:
Woodbury
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Paul Roosevelt Belk
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
R. Ben Stone
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
21-1742
Date Published:
Oct 19, 2022
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Jeffrey A. Neary, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Ahlers, J., and Mullins, S.J. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (10 pages)
Paul Belk appeals his convictions for second-degree murder. He claims he was legally insane when he stabbed his victims and the State failed to provide sufficient evidence of malice aforethought. He also claims he received ineffective assistance of counsel. OPINION HOLDS: There was sufficient evidence of Belk’s sanity and malice aforethought. We cannot consider his ineffective-assistance claims on direct appeal.
