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State of Iowa
v.
Sean Michael Hilliard
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Sean Michael Hilliard
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Attorneys for the Appellant
Melinda J. Nye, Assistant Attorney General
Nicholas A. Jones (until withdrawal), Law Student
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Monica L. Wittig, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, P.J., Tabor, J., and Mahan, S.J. Opinion by Vogel, P.J. (9 pages)
Sean Hilliard appeals his conviction for sexual abuse in the second degree. Through his appellate counsel, he argues his trial counsel was ineffective on several grounds. In a pro se brief, he also argues his jury was not drawn from a fair cross-section of the community and the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. OPINION HOLDS: We find the evidence is sufficient to support his conviction, he did not preserve his jury-composition argument, and we cannot evaluate his ineffective-assistance claims on the record before us. Therefore, we affirm his conviction and preserve his ineffective-assistance claims for potential postconviction proceedings.