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Leon Juan Zacharias
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Leon Juan Zacharias
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Dan Vondra
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Muscatine County, Joel W. Barrows, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Mullins, P.J., Bower, J., and Vogel, S.J. Opinion by Bower, J. (8 pages)
Leon Juan Zacarias appeals the dismissal of his application for postconviction relief. He claims the district court erred in its credibility determination and his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. OPINION HOLDS: We find the district court did not abuse its discretion in its credibility findings and Zacarias did not establish by a preponderance of evidence that trial counsel breached a duty to him. We affirm.
