Michael Stephen Lehman
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Michael Stephen Lehman
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Gregory F. Greiner
Attorney for the Appellee
Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Patrick R. Grady, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (6 pages)
Michael Lehman appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief. He claims his plea counsel was ineffective for failing to request a competency hearing. OPINION HOLDS: Lehman failed to prove that his plea counsel breached an essential duty because counsel had no reason to seek a competency evaluation. Further, Lehman failed to prove prejudice by failing to prove that a competency evaluation would have likely found him incompetent.
