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Dijonis D. Burkett Brown
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Dijonis D. Burkett Brown
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Daniel A. Dlouhy
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
21-1255
Date Published:
May 11, 2022
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Linda M. Fangman, Judge. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Greer and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (5 pages)
Dijonis Burkett Brown appeals from the dismissal of his postconviction-relief application. He claims the dismissal, based on his counsel’s failure to appear at trial, amounts to structural error. OPINION HOLDS: Structural error occurred, requiring the district court’s dismissal to be reversed and remanded.
