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State of Iowa
v.
Tondalaya Bridges
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Tondalaya Bridges
Attorney for the Appellee
Kyle Hanson and Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorneys General
Attorney for the Appellant
Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Appellate Defender
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Joel A. Dalrymple, Judge. CONVICTION AFFIRMED, SENTENCE VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Tabor and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Doyle, P.J. (5 pages)
Tondalaya Bridges appeals her conviction and sentence for first-degree burglary. OPINION HOLDS: We reject Bridges’s claim that she was so intoxicated that she could not form the specific intent to commit an assault necessary to find her guilty of first-degree burglary. Because the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence, her trial counsel did not breach a duty to move for a new trial. Her claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails. We vacate the portion of the sentencing order assessing Bridges with court costs and remand to the district court to impose restitution consistent with Bridges’s reasonable ability to pay.
