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State of Iowa
v.
Robert Anthony Cooper
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Robert Anthony Cooper
Attorney for the Appellee
Kyle P. Hanson, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Jessica Maffitt
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Odell G. McGhee II, District Associate Judge. AFfirmed. Considered by Danilson, C.J., and Vogel and Tabor, JJ. Opinion by Vogel, J. (7 pages)
Cooper appeals his conviction and sentence after he entered into an Alford plea for fourth-degree theft. First, Cooper claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his counsel allowed him to enter into the Alford plea even though there was no factual basis for the plea. Second, Cooper argues that the district court erred by accepting the plea due to the lack of factual basis. OPINION HOLDS: There was factual basis to support the entering and acceptance of an Alford plea for fourth-degree theft, thus we affirm.