State of Iowa v. Demetrice De'angelo Tompkins

ZAGER, Justice.

Demetrice Tompkins was convicted after a.jury trial of domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury pursuant to Iowa Code section 708.2A(2)(6) (2011). He appeals his conviction, maintaining he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel on two grounds. First, he maintains counsel was ineffective in failing to object to an officer’s testimony regarding the complaining witness’s out-of-court statements under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Second, he maintains counsel was ineffective in failing to object to and move to…