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State of Iowa
v.
Ethen Eddie Richard Ayers
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ethen Eddie Richard Ayers
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas E. Bakke, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
William R. Monroe
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Lee County, Ty Rogers, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Doyle, J., and Scott, S.J. Opinion by Scott, S.J. (10 pages)
Ethen Ayers appeals his conviction of assault on a correctional officer causing bodily injury. He contends (1) his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to several instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct and (2) the district court erred in declining to instruct the jury on a justification defense. OPINION HOLDS: We conclude trial counsel was not ineffective as alleged and the district court appropriately declined to instruct the jury on a justification defense. We affirm Ayers’s conviction of assault on a correctional officer causing bodily injury.
