Brewer v. Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County

CARTER, Justice.

In these consolidated proceedings two posteonviction applicants challenge the determination that their claims are barred by the three-year statute of limitations contained in Iowa Code section 663A.3 (1985).

Posteonviction applicant, Ronald W. Brewer, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment on December 3, 1963. No direct appeal was taken from that judgment and sentence. Posteonviction applicant, Terry J. Harrington, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentencéd to life imprisonment on August 4, 1978. His conviction was affirmed on direct…