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Santonyo Sima Pendleton
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Santonyo Sima Pendleton
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Mark C. Meyer
Attorney for the Appellee
Timothy M. Hau, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
18-1032
Date Published:
Apr 15, 2020
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Joel A. Dalrymple, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., May, J., and Mahan, S.J. Opinion by Mahan, S.J. (7 pages)
Santanyo Pendleton appeals the district court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief following his 2015 convictions of sexual abuse in the third degree, raising claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. OPINION HOLDS: Upon our review, we affirm the court’s order denying Pendleton’s application for postconviction relief.
