Legal Opinion

Ledezma v. State

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 25, 2001No. 99-1019Published

1Opinion of the Court

626 N.W.2d 134 (2001)

Jose LEDEZMA, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Nos. 99-1019.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 2001.

W. Curtis Wiberg of Richard Rhinehart & Associates, Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas S. Mullin, County Attorney, and James J. Katcher, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

CADY, Justice.

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2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Ledezma v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001

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