Jacob Ayuel Beer
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jacob Ayuel Beer
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Debra S. De Jong
Attorney for the Appellee
Zachary Miller, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Fremont County, Jeffrey L. Larson, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Greer, P.J. (10 pages)
In this postconviction-relief action, Jacob Beer argues his plea counsel was ineffective for failing to request and secure an interpreter in Dinka, a South Sudan language, and failing to explain the guilty plea to Beer before he signed it. He claims he did not understand what his guilty plea meant because of the language barrier and maintains he only wanted to go to trial. OPINION HOLDS: We find Beer failed to show he was prejudiced, so his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims fail. We affirm.
