Case No. 19-1285

Kenneth Lee Doss
v.
State of Iowa

Applicant

Kenneth Lee Doss

Resister

State of Iowa

Attorney for the Applicant

Raya D. Dimitrova

Attorney for the Resister

Thomas E. Bakke

Supreme Court

Oral Argument Schedule

15-15-5

Jan 20, 2021 9:00 AM

Briefs

Appellant Brief (241.65 KB)

Appellee Brief (321.04 KB)

Application for Further Review (686.00 KB)

ACLU Amicus Curiae Brief (352.81 KB)

IAJ Amicus Curiae Brief (459.23 KB)

Iowa Board of Parole Amicus Curiae Brief (262.55 KB)

Appellant Supplemental Brief in Response to Amicus Briefs (155.21 KB)

Supreme Court Opinion

PDF of the Opinion (1.26 MB)

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Warren County, Richard B. Clogg, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Mullins and Ahlers, JJ.  Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J.  (8 pages)

            Kenneth Doss appeals from the district court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief, contending (1) his plea attorney was ineffective in failing to “adequately inform [him] of the extent of the rules and requirements of the special sentence at the time of his plea” and (2) the district court “erred in holding the rules of [his] special sentence and parole are constitutional and legal as applied to him.”  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the denial of Doss’s postconviction-relief application.

PDF of the Opinion (143.89 KB)