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Jordan Scott Johnson
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jordan Scott Johnson
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Fred Stiefel
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 Cerro Gordo County, Rustin Davenport, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Mullins and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (10 pages)
Johnson appeals the denial of his third application for postconviction-relief, claiming he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney failed to object to portions of the prosecutor’s cross-examination of the defense expert psychiatrist. The State provides as an alternative ground to affirm the PCR court’s denial of Johnson’s PCR application that Johnson’s claim regarding the cross-examination of the defense psychiatrist was time-barred. OPINION HOLDS: We find the district court should have dismissed the entirety of Johnson’s third PCR application as time-barred.
