Henry Lamont Myles
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Henry Lamont Myles
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Leah Patton
Attorney for the Appellee
Martha E. Trout, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Mark R. Lawson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, C.J., Langholz, J., and Carr, S.J. Opinion by Carr, S.J. (9 pages)
Henry Lamont Myles appeals the district court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief, arguing the district court wrongly denied the application because (1) his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to explain the meaning of an “open” plea agreement to him and in failing to file a motion in arrest of judgment after it became clear that Myles misunderstood the plea agreement and (2) he is actually innocent of the charge of kidnapping in the third degree. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm, finding Myles’s trial counsel was not ineffective and Myles failed to show clear and convincing evidence that he was factually innocent of false imprisonment.
