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State of Iowa
v.
Lonnie Lavoy Richardson
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Lonnie Lavoy Richardson
Attorney for the Appellee
Zachary Miller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Travis M. Visser-Armbrust
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Plymouth County, Daniel P. Vakulskas, District Associate Judge. APPEAL DISMISSED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (3 pages)
Lonnie Richardson appeals his convictions following a guilty plea contending the district court abused its discretion in not allowing him to withdraw his guilty plea and denying his motion in arrest of judgment. OPINION HOLDS: Richardson does not have a right to a direct appeal. And because he has been accorded substantial justice, we decline to treat his notice of appeal as an application for discretionary review. The appeal is dismissed.
