Legal Opinion

State v. White

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided August 17, 1983No. 68885PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Donald 0. White appeals from a judgment, based on his guilty plea, convicting him of third-degree sexual abuse. He alleges ineffective assistance of counsel and sentencing error, in that trial court provided for a determinate instead of an indeterminate sentence. We modify the sentence provided in the district court judgment and affirm.

I. Defendant’s brief devotes but a single paragraph to his claim of ineffective counsel. The brief alleges that:

Appellant has made known to appellate counsel several complaints concerning his trial counsel’s performance.…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. State v. CoilSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  2. Hinkle v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  3. State v. SchoelermanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  5. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
  2. State v. McKettrickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1992
  3. State v. BlairSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
  5. State v. MilesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984

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