State v. Erving

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial, defendant Allan Brian Michael Erving was convicted of attempted burglary, a violation of Iowa Code section 713.2 (1981). On this appeal defendant asserts the evidence was insufficient to generate a jury question, and he had ineffective assistance of counsel. The latter claim is based on his trial attorney’s failure to move for mistrial after the prosecutor allegedly intimidated a defense witness. We affirm.

August 30, 1981, defendant and a companion, Kevin Williams, both from St. Louis, Missouri, entered a Walgreen’s drugstore in Davenport.…