Tyrone Demario Bryson, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa

VOGEL, Presiding Judge.

Tyrone Bryson appeals the district court’s denial of his application for post-conviction relief (PCR). He contends on appeal that his sentence is illegal because his convictions for burglary and robbery should have merged and two of his convictions for third-degree sexual abuse should also have merged. Because we agree with the district court that none of the convictions merge, we affirm the court’s denial of Bryson’s PCR application. 1

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The evidence introduced at the criminal trial established that in the early morning hours of March…