Brown v. State

Ronald Harris Brown appeals the district court’s dismissal of his postconvietion relief application. We affirm.

J. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Brown was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Alvin Davidson, a Waterloo attorney. His conviction was affirmed on appeal by the Iowa Supreme Court in State v. Brown, 397 N.W.2d 689 (Iowa 1986). In 1984, he was transferred to the penal facilities in the State of New Mexico to serve his sentence. He has remained there until the present time.

On February 20, 1997, he filed a pro se application for postconvietion relief. In that…