Brian Scott Ketelsen
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Brian Scott Ketelsen
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Mark C. Meyer
Attorney for the Appellee
Anagha Dixit, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, David F. Staudt, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Greer, P.J., Langholz, J., and Danilson, S.J. Opinion by Danilson, S.J. (10 pages)
Brian Ketelsen appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). He claims that he received ineffective assistance from trial counsel, some errors amounted to structural error, he should receive a new trial due to juror misconduct, and the PCR court’s conclusions were based on a faulty fundamental premise. OPINION HOLDS: Ketelsen cannot establish any ineffective assistance claims or structural error. His juror misconduct claims fail because he does not allege an extraneous influence on the deliberative process. The PCR court’s conclusions were not based on a faulty fundamental premise.
