Legal Opinion
Cox v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 1, 2004No. 03-0409PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
In this appeal, we must decide whether a wrongfully imprisoned person compensated under section 663A.1 is barred from maintaining a state tort claim based on acts or omissions of his attorney relating to the filing of a motion for new trial to obtain relief from the underlying conviction. The district court found the action was barred and dismissed the petition. On our review, we affirm the district court’s decision.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
Terry Cox was convicted in 1997 of sexually abusing his eleven-year-old stepdaughter. The conviction followed a jury trial, in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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