State of Iowa v. John Doe

POTTERFIELD, Judge.

John Doe appeals the district court's denial of his second application to expunge the record of a criminal case. Doe maintains the court should have granted his second application because a recent decision by our supreme court, State v . Doe , 903 N.W.2d 347 , 351 (Iowa 2017), establishes that the district court's denial of his first application was in error. The State responds that even if Doe was properly entitled to relief in his first application, claim preclusion prevents him from obtaining relief by filing a second application.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

On…