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Monue Forkpayea Geimah
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Monue Forkpayea Geimah
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
C. Aron Vaughn
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Poweshiek County, Crystal S. Cronk, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Doyle and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (13 pages)
Monue Forkpayea Geimah appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). He maintains plea counsel was ineffective in failing to advise him of the immigration consequences of pleading guilty to theft in January 2017. OPINION HOLDS: On our de novo review, we conclude plea counsel did not inform Geimah “of all the adverse immigration consequences that competent counsel would uncover,” but Geimah failed to prove he would not have pleaded guilty had he been adequately advised.
