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Case No. 18-1301

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State of Iowa
v.
James Richard Dawson Jr.

Appellee

State of Iowa

Appellant

James Richard Dawson Jr.

Attorney for the Appellee

Martha E. Trout, Assistant Attorney General

Attorney for the Appellant

Patrick W. O'Bryan

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
18-1301
Date Published:
Apr 17, 2019
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Gregory A. Hulse, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Potterfield, P.J., Tabor, J., and Scott, S.J.  Opinion by Scott, S.J.  (4 pages)

            James Dawson appeals the district court decision accepting his guilty plea to neglect of a dependent person.  OPINION HOLDS:  We are unable to determine the basis for Dawson’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, and we preserve his claim for possible postconviction-relief proceedings.  We affirm his conviction.

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