State of Iowa
v.
Nasir Abdul Woodud Shabazz Jr.
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Nasir Abdul Woodud Shabazz Jr.
Attorney for the Appellee
Nicholas E. Siefert, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Raya D. Dimitrova
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Certiorari from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Stuart P. Werling, Judge. WRIT ANNULLED. Considered by Greer, P.J., Buller, J., and Bower, S.J. Opinion by Greer, P.J. (13 pages)
Nasir Abdul-Woodud Shabazz Jr. appeals the district court’s grant of a motion to correct illegal sentence, arguing his original deferred judgment was proper because “supervision” in Illinois does not qualify as “similar relief” under Iowa law. He also claims his counsel at the district court was ineffective. OPINION HOLDS: Because ineffective assistance of counsel claims may only be addressed on postconviction review, we do not make any assessment on the merits of his claim. After comparing “supervision” in Illinois to deferred judgments in Iowa, we find Illinois’s supervision is similar relief for the purposes of Iowa Code section 907.3.
