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Michael Webster
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Michael Webster
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Alfredo Parrish and Adam C. Witosky
Attorney for the Appellee
Kelli A. Huser, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Glenn E. Pille, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ. Opinion by Doyle, J. (12 pages)
Michael Webster appeals the summary dismissal of his application for postconviction relief. opinion holds: Upon our de novo review, we conclude Webster failed to establish he was similarly situated to persons convicted of second-degree robbery on or after July 1, 2016. Moreover, Webster did not show a heightened-scrutiny analysis applied to his claim, nor did he establish there was no rational basis for the legislature’s determination not to make the sentencing provision at issue prospective only. For all these reasons, we affirm the district court’s summary dismissal of Webster’s PCR application.