State of Iowa
v.
Carlton Douglas Jr.
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Carlton Douglas Jr.
Attorney for the Appellee
Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Alfredo Parrish
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Clinton County, John Telleen and Patrick A. McElyea, Judges. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, C.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, C.J. Telleen, S.J., takes no part. (5 pages)
Carlton Douglas appeals his convictions for first-degree murder and possession of a firearm as a felon. He alleges that two jury instructions misstated the law on self-defense and the two charges should have been severed for trial. He also urges that his appeal is a candidate for plain-error review. OPINION HOLDS: Douglas’s trial counsel did not preserve error on either issue. And we can no longer consider claims of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal. Finally, we cannot overrule supreme court precedent to adopt plain-error review. So, we affirm.