State v. Sanborn

NEUMAN, Justice.

Defendant Darren Earl Sanborn appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, for the crimes of third-degree burglary, Iowa Code § 713.6A (1995), and possession of a firearm by a felon, Iowa Code § 724.26. His appeal focuses on the firearm possession charge. He alleges insufficiency in the State’s proof of his status as a felon, and his counsel’s ineffectiveness in precisely alerting the district court to the error he now claims. Finding merit in Sanborn’s contentions, we affirm the burglary conviction but reverse his conviction under section 724.26.

A Muscatine County…