Rodney Fitzgerald Jackson
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Rodney Fitzgerald Jackson
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Nicholas Einwalter
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Patrick H. Tott, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., Chicchelly, J., and Gamble, S.J. Opinion by Gamble, S.J. (4 pages)
Rodney Jackson appeals the summary disposition of his application for postconviction relief claiming he received ineffective assistance of counsel when he pleaded guilty to assault on a healthcare worker. OPINION HOLDS: Although Jackson presented genuine questions of material fact as to whether counsel’s performance was deficient, he failed to present a question of fact as to any resulting prejudice, i.e. he failed to present evidence he would have rejected the plea offer and insisted on going to trial absent counsel’s purported failures. Because Jackson failed to generate a question of fact as to one of the required elements of an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, the court correctly granted the State’s motion for summary judgment.
