State v. Hrbek

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant John Lee Hrbek appeals his conviction by jury and sentences for two counts of first-degree murder based on the shooting deaths of Stanley Fisher and his mother Kate Fisher. The same incident was involved in State v. Chadwick, 328 N.W.2d 913 (Iowa 1983). We find that trial counsel’s failure to preserve error on the admissibility of defendant’s alleged inculpa-tory statements was so egregious it denied him his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel under U.S. Const, amend. VI and XIV. Because we find no basis for reversal of the convictions in the…