Goodrich v. State

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this postconviction relief proceeding, the appellant, Donald W. Goodrich, appeals from a district court order that directed the Iowa Department of Corrections to withdraw moneys from his prison account to pay court costs and attorney fees incurred in the proceeding. We vacate and remand with directions.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In February 1998, the district court sentenced Goodrich to an indeterminate five-year prison term on a second-degree theft charge to which he had earlier pled guilty. Later the court ordered him to pay court costs of $222.70 and attorney…