Legal Opinion

Frank v. State

Court of Appeals of Iowa

Decided August 29, 1985No. 84-1301PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SACKETT, Judge.

Sandra Prank appeals from the trial court’s denial of her application for post-conviction relief. She claims that: (1) she is entitled to a new trial because of the prosecutor’s failure to disclose a communi cation between himself and a juror, (2) she received ineffective assistance of counsel at her trial in that her attorney failed to file notice of an alibi defense and failed to conduct voir dire examination of the jurors concerning their media exposure, and (3) she is entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence that a key witness was suffering from a mental…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. State v. AldapeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  4. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  5. Polly v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Brewer v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
  2. State of Iowa v. Theodore Ray Gathercole IISupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  3. Sandra Frank v. Duane BrookhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  4. Adcock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1994
  5. Carroll v. StateCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1990

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