Daniel Lado v. State of Iowa

ZAGER, Justice.

Daniel Lado appeals the district court’s dismissal of his application for postconviction relief for failure to prosecute under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.944. Lado claims his failure to advance his application resulted from ineffective assistance of counsel. The court of appeals found Lado’s counsel was ineffective, but preserved his claim for postconviction relief because it could not determine from the record whether there was a reasonable probability that the proceeding would have been different had counsel sought a continuance. On further review, we find Lado’s counsel…