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Sessions L. Harper
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Sessions L. Harper
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Andrew J. Smith
Attorney for the Appellee
Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Webster County, Thomas J. Bice, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Danilson, C.J., and Mullins and McDonald, JJ. Opinion by Mullins, J. (20 pages)
Sessions Harper appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). In addition to his various pro se claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, he contends the district court erred in concluding his trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to object to an allegedly improper jury instruction on the crime of first-degree kidnapping and abused its discretion in declining to admit certain evidence in the PCR trial. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the denial of Harper’s PCR application.
