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Jared John Thomas Owens
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jared John Thomas Owens
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Christopher J. Roth
Attorney for the Appellee
Bridget A. Chambers, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Michael Hooper, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Greer, P.J., and Schumacher and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (10 pages)
Jared Owens appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR). Owens raises claims of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel. OPINION HOLDS: Because Owens pleaded guilty part way through his criminal trial, he waived challenges to errors not intrinsic to his plea and cannot directly raise his claim of prosecutorial misconduct. Owens cannot establish any of his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel had no duty to make a meritless objection to claimed prosecutorial misconduct, and Owens did not establish prejudice regarding his other claims.
