State of Iowa v. Curtis Vance Halverson

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we consider an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim in which defense counsel failed to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to convict the defendant of possession of marijuana at a residential facility under Iowa Code section 719.7(3)(c) (2011). In order to commit the charged offense, the defendant must be held in an “institution under the management of the [Iowa] department of corrections [ (IDOC) ]”. Id. In this case, the defendant was being held at the Burlington Residential Correctional Facility (residential facility) at the time of the events giving…