Mathis v. State

SNELL, Justice.

Appellant, Richard Mathis, seeks postconviction relief from an assessment of medical costs for injuries to a prison guard. We affirm in part and remand.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On April 24, 1998, Richard Mathis, an inmate at the Iowa State Reformatory, assaulted a prison correctional officer by striking him in the face with his closed fist. On April 30, 1993, Mathis received a copy of a disciplinary report filed on the basis of the incident. The report contained no reference to the guard’s medical bills or their amounts. On May 4, 1993, Mathis appeared before the…