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Adam John Pitman
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Adam John Pitman
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Thomas Hurd
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Lee (South) County, Mary Ann Brown, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Doyle, J., and Danilson, S.J. Opinion by Danilson, S.J. (7 pages)
Adam Pitman appeals the district court decision denying his request for postconviction relief from his conviction of first-degree murder. Pitman claims he received ineffective assistance because defense counsel did not present a defense of diminished responsibility. OPINION HOLDS: Defense counsel considered the defense and rejected it due to a lack of expert witness support. We conclude Pitman has failed to show he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the district court’s decision denying his request for postconviction relief.