Aaron Lee Stinde
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Aaron Lee Stinde
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
R.E. Breckenridge
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, John Telleen, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Schumacher, P.J., Ahlers, J., and Carr, S.J. Telleen, S.J., takes no part. Opinion by Carr, S.J. (9 pages)
Aaron Lee Stinde appeals from the district court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR), arguing his trial counsel was ineffective in the following ways: (1) failing “to ensure that the plea offer was properly communicated to [Stinde] and a recommendation made,” (2) permitting Stinde “to waive his right to trial by jury,” and (3) failing “to obtain and use the mental health and psychological records of the victim.” OPINION HOLDS: Finding Stinde suffered no ineffective assistance of counsel, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of his PCR application.
