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Napoleon Mbonyunkiza
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Napoleon Mbonyunkiza
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Agnes G. Warutere
Attorney for the Appellee
Darrel Mullins, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Doyle, J., and Potterfield, S.J. Opinion by Potterfield, S.J. (7 pages)
Napoleon Mbonyunkiza appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). Mbonyunkiza alleges his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to properly inform him of all the adverse immigration consequences of pleading guilty. He also argues his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to properly inform him of his right to consular access prior to his guilty plea and now claims on appeal that that his PCR counsel was ineffective in not presenting evidence to establish how Mbonyunkiza could have benefitted from such access to the Rwandan consulate. OPINION HOLDS: Because Mbonyunkiza has not proved his claims of ineffective assistance by his trial and PCR counsel, we affirm.
