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Alan Lee Lucas
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Alan Lee Lucas
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
William Monroe
Attorney for the Appellee
Bridget A. Chambers (until withdrawal) and Katherine Wenman, Assistant Attorneys General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
22-1673
Date Published:
Aug 07, 2024
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Fae Hoover Grinde, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Ahlers, P.J., Badding, J., and Doyle, S.J. Opinion by Doyle, S.J. (6 pages)
Alan Lucas appeals the summary dismissal of his application for postconviction relief. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the summary dismissal of Lucas’s application based on the time bar in Iowa Code section 822.3 (2021). As a result, we need not consider Lucas’s challenge to the other grounds on which the court granted summary dismissal.
