Brian K. Allison v. State of iowa

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we consider whether the three-year statute of limitations in Iowa Code section 822.3 (2015) applies where a postconviction-relief (PCR) petitioner files an untimely second petition for PCR, alleging *868counsel for his timely filed first petition for PCR was ineffective. The district court held the second petition's allegation that the first postconviction counsel was ineffective did not supply a ground of fact to avoid the three-year statutory bar. The court of appeals affirmed, relying upon our previous decision in Dible v. State , 557 N.W.2d 881, 883, 886 (Iowa…