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State of Iowa
v.
Jessica Elvins
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jessica Elvins
Attorney for the Appellee
Katie Krickbaum, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Jesse A. Macro, Jr.
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Gregory W. Steensland, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (10 pages)
A Pottawattamie County jury found Jessica Elvins guilty of willful injury causing serious injury. On appeal, she argues the trial court erred in denying her motion for acquittal, her counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the issue of identification, and the court abused its discretion in denying her request for a pretrial immunity hearing. OPINION HOLDS. Because Elvins’s sufficiency- of- the- evidence claim was not preserved, she failed to establish her counsel was ineffective, and the trial court did not err in denying her motion for immunity, we affirm.