Lance Russell Dixon
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Lance Russell Dixon
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Francis Hurley
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Jeanie Vaudt, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., Badding, J., and Mullins, S.J. Opinion by Greer, P.J. (3 pages)
More than twenty years after he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, Dixon filed this postconviction-relief application—his sixth—which the district court summarily dismissed. Dixon appeals, arguing a new ground of law excepts him from the statute of limitations and that summary dismissal was inappropriate because the State failed to prove he did not raise a genuine issue of material fact. OPINION HOLDS: Because the State was entitled to summary dismissal as a matter of law, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of Dixon’s sixth postconviction-relief application.
